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impedimento.

impediment (that which impedes progress)

11 characters5 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ĩ.pe.d͡ʒiˈmẽ.tu/Brazil/ĩ.pɨ.diˈmẽ.tu/Portugal[ĩ.pɨ.ðiˈmẽ.tu]Portugal/ĩ.pɨ.diˈmẽ.tu/Portugal, Southern
  1. impediment (that which impedes progress)

    masculine
  2. impeachment

    masculine
  3. offside (illegal position ahead of the ball)

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin impedio Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin impedimentumlbor. Portuguese impedimento Learned borrowing from Latin impedimentum.

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