blocar

Borrowed from French bloquer.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bluˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bloˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bloˈkaɾ]

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloquí, past participle blocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to block, to blockade
2. (sports, transitive) to block
3. (pronominal, intransitive) to freeze up

• Blocar and bloquejar are largely synonymous, although in sports, blocar is more often used in reference to blocking a ball and bloquejar with players.

• bloquejar

• bloc

• “blocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From French bloquer

• IPA^(key): /bloˈkaɾ/ [bloˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: blo‧car

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloqué, past participle blocado)

1. (sports) to block, tackle

• “blocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024