English-French translations for obstacle

• obstacle
  Celle-ci peut venir à bout des obstacles. Their fight can raise obstacles.
  Nous sommes face à une course d’obstacles. We are facing an obstacle course.
  On a évidemment rencontré des obstacles. Obviously obstacles were met with.
• décloisonner
• empêchement
  Il s'agit d'actes en marge de la loi, de voies de fait, d'empêchements physiques. Obstacles to freedom of movement for workers are of a different nature.
  Libre concurrence, lutte contre le protectionnisme et empêchement de dénonciation des aides à l'exportation agricole sont autant d'aberrations en la matière que ce texte avalise. Free competition, the fight against protectionism and obstacles to the denunciation of agricultural export subsidies are some of the many absurdities endorsed by this text.

Definition of obstacle

• Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

Examples

• A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

Related words

• obstacle course
• obstacle race
• obstacle run
• obstacle to trade