estorbo

m.

1 hindrance.

2 annoyance, bother, irritant, nuisance.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: estorbar.

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estorbo

► nombre masculino

1 (obstáculo) obstruction, obstacle

2 (molestia) hindrance, encumbrance; (persona) nuisance

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noun m.

1) hindrance

2) obstacle

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SM

1) (=obstáculo) hindrance, nuisance

no eres más que un estorbo — you're just a hindrance o nuisance

no hay estorbo para que se haga — there is no obstacle o impediment to it being done, there's nothing to get in the way of it being done

el mayor estorbo es el director, que no quiere dar su aprobación — the biggest obstacle is the manager, who won't give his approval

2) (=molestia) nuisance

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masculino hindrance, nuisance

no soy más que un estorbo — I'm just a nuisance

los niños serían un estorbo en su carrera — children would be a hindrance to her career plans

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= encumbrance, hindrance, albatross.

Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.

Ex. The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.

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masculino hindrance, nuisance

no soy más que un estorbo — I'm just a nuisance

los niños serían un estorbo en su carrera — children would be a hindrance to her career plans

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= encumbrance, hindrance, albatross.

Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.

Ex: The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.

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estorbo

masculine

hindrance, nuisance

no soy más que un estorbo I'm just a nuisance, I just get in the way

los niños serían un estorbo en su carrera children would be a hindrance to o would hinder her career plans

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Del verbo estorbar: (conjugate estorbar)

estorbo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

estorbó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
estorbar    
estorbo
estorbar (conjugate estorbar) verbo intransitivo
to be/get in the way
verbo transitivo
to obstruct;

◊ el piano estorbaba el paso the piano was in the way

estorbo sustantivo masculino (obstáculo) hindrance;

(molestia) nuisance
estorbar
I verbo transitivo
1 (obstaculizar) to hinder
2 (incomodar a alguien) to disturb
II verbo intransitivo to be in the way: ¿estorbo?, am I in the way?
estorbo sustantivo masculino
1 (obstáculo) hindrance
2 (incómodo) nuisance
'estorbo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
embarazo
- estorbar
- lastre
English:
hindrance
- obstacle
- tie

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estorbo nm

1. [obstáculo] hindrance;

quite cualquier objeto que pueda suponer un estorbo remove any object that could get in people's way

2. [molestia] nuisance;

eres un estorbo you're a nuisance

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estorbo

m hindrance, nuisance

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estorbo nm

1) : obstacle, hindrance

2) : nuisance