imposibilitar

v.

1 to make impossible, to impede, to choke, to disallow.

Esto imposibilita el plan This makes the plan impossible.

2 to make it impossible to, to make it cumbersome to.

Eso imposibilita hablar That makes it impossible to talk.

3 to handicap, to cripple, to incapacitate.

El golpe imposibilitó a Ricardo The blow handicapped Richard.

4 to hinder, to paralyse.

Su actitud imposibilita el progreso His attitude hinders progress.

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imposibilitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (impedir) to make impossible, prevent

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VT

1) (Med) to disable

2) (=impedir) to make impossible, prevent

esto me imposibilita hacerlo — this makes it impossible for me to do it, this prevents me from doing it

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (hacer imposible) to make ... impossible

b) (impedir) to prevent

la niebla imposibilitó su aterrizaje — the fog prevented its landing

2.

imposibilitarse v pron (refl)

a) (quedar impedido) to be disabled

b) (Chi, Méx) (lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

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= preclude, foreclose.

Ex. His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (hacer imposible) to make ... impossible

b) (impedir) to prevent

la niebla imposibilitó su aterrizaje — the fog prevented its landing

2.

imposibilitarse v pron (refl)

a) (quedar impedido) to be disabled

b) (Chi, Méx) (lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

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= preclude, foreclose.

Ex: His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

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imposibilitar [A1 ]

vt

to prevent, make … impossible

la niebla imposibilitó la salida de los aviones the fog prevented the planes from taking off, the planes were prevented from taking off by the fog

el cordón policial imposibilitó el acceso a la zona the police cordon prevented all access to the area

■ imposibilitarse

v pron

(refl)

1 (quedar impedido) to be disabled

2 (Chi, Méx) (lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

me imposibilité una mano I injured o hurt my hand

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imposibilitar (conjugate imposibilitar) verbo transitivo

a) (hacer imposible) to make … impossible

b) (impedir) to prevent

imposibilitar verbo transitivo
1 (impedir) to make impossible, prevent
2 (incapacitar) to disable, cripple
'imposibilitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impedir

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imposibilitar vt

imposibilitar a alguien (para) hacer algo to make it impossible for sb to do sth, to prevent sb from doing sth;

las nuevas normas imposibilitan el fraude the new regulations make fraud impossible;

el atentado imposibilitó el acuerdo the attack made it impossible to reach an agreement;

la lesión lo imposibilita para moverse he's unable to move because of the injury, the injury makes it impossible for him to move

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imposibilitar

v/t

:

imposibilitar algo make sth impossible, prevent sth

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imposibilitar vt

1) : to make impossible

2) : to disable, to incapacitate

♦ See also the reflexive verb imposibilitarse