entorpecer

v.

1 to hinder (debilitar) (movimientos).

Elsa entorpeció la búsqueda Elsa hindered the search.

2 to obstruct, to hinder.

3 to make it difficult to.

Elsa entorpece buscar comida Elsa makes it difficult to search for food.

4 to dull, to blunt.

Su torpeza entorpeció el cuchillo His clumsiness dulled the knife.

5 to stupefy, to make dumb.

El golpe entorpeció a Ricardo The blow made Richard dumb.

6 to benumb.

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entorpecer

Conjugation model [AGRADECER], like {{link=agradecer}}agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to make numb, make dull

2 figurado (dificultar) to obstruct, impede, hinder; (retardar) to delay

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VT

1) (=estorbar) [gen] to obstruct, hinder; [+ proyectos] to set back; [+ tráfico] to slow down, slow up; [+ trabajo] to delay, hinder

2) (=aletargar) [+ entendimiento] to dull, stupefy; [+ miembro] to make numb

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (dificultar) <tráfico> to hold up, slow down; <planes/movimiento> to hinder

estas cajas entorpecen el paso — these boxes are (getting) in the way

b) <entendimiento> to dull; <reacciones> to dull, slow down

2.

entorpecerse v pron entendimiento to become dulled; reacciones to become dulled, be slowed down

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= hamper, hinder, cripple, dull, get in + the way (of), stand in + the way (of).

Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.

Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex. Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.

Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.

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* entorpecer la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.

* entorpecerse mutuamente = trip over + each other.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (dificultar) <tráfico> to hold up, slow down; <planes/movimiento> to hinder

estas cajas entorpecen el paso — these boxes are (getting) in the way

b) <entendimiento> to dull; <reacciones> to dull, slow down

2.

entorpecerse v pron entendimiento to become dulled; reacciones to become dulled, be slowed down

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= hamper, hinder, cripple, dull, get in + the way (of), stand in + the way (of).

Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.

Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex: Too much heat, like too much cold, dulls the mind.

Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.

* entorpecer la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.

* entorpecerse mutuamente = trip over + each other.

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entorpecer [E3 ]

vt

1

(dificultar): está entorpeciendo el tráfico it is holding up o slowing down o obstructing the traffic

estas cajas entorpecen el paso these boxes are (getting) in the way

en lugar de ayudar entorpece la marcha del trabajo instead of helping she's slowing the job up o she's a hindrance

su enfermedad entorpece nuestros planes her illness is a setback to o is hindering our plans

entorpecía sus movimientos it hindered o restricted her movements

2 ‹entendimiento› to dull; ‹reacciones› to dull, slow down

■ entorpecerse

v pron

«entendimiento» to become dulled; «reacciones» to become dulled, be slowed down

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entorpecer (conjugate entorpecer) verbo transitivo

a) (dificultar) ‹tráfico› to hold up, slow down;

‹planes/movimiento› to hinder;

◊ estas cajas entorpecen el paso these boxes are (getting) in the way

b) ‹entendimiento/reacciones› to dull

entorpecerse verbo pronominal [entendimiento/reacciones] to become dulled
entorpecer verbo transitivo
1 (un acuerdo, un camino) to hinder: las obras entorpecen el tráfico, the road works are holding up the traffic
2 (las capacidades, los sentidos) to dull
'entorpecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impedir
- obstruir
English:
hinder
- set back
- cramp
- deaden
- dull
- hold

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entorpecer vt

1. [dificultar] [proceso, movimientos, negociaciones] to hinder;

[tráfico] to slow down;

problemas de última hora entorpecen la firma del tratado last-minute problems are holding up o delaying the signing of the treaty;

el viento entorpecía el ritmo de los ciclistas the wind slowed the cyclists down;

¡estás entorpeciendo el paso! you're getting in the way!

2. [debilitar] [miembros] to numb;

[mente] to cloud

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entorpecer

v/t

1 hold up, hinder; paso obstruct

2 entendimiento dull

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entorpecer {53} vt

1) : to hinder, to obstruct

2) : to dull

♦ See also the reflexive verb entorpecerse

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entorpecer vb to hinder