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bloqueo

blockade

noun bloh-KEH-oh Less Common
People & Society Military

Origin: From bloquear (to block), ultimately from French bloquer, from bloc (block), of Germanic origin.

Also means

blockage

Usage Note

Bloqueo covers a military or economic blockade (bloqueo económico), a road or port blockage, and in modern usage an internet or account block (bloqueo de una cuenta, account block). The verb is bloquear. A 'mental block' in Spanish is bloqueo mental, a direct parallel to English. Masculine noun; plural bloqueos.

Examples

"El bloqueo económico afectó a toda la población."

Natural Translation

The economic blockade affected the entire population.

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