🇬🇧🇪🇸 blockage - bloqueo : English Lesson

Meaning of "blockage" ("bloqueo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A blockage is when something gets in the way and stops things from moving through a space, like hair clogging a drain so water can’t go down, or a pile of toys in a doorway so people can’t walk past.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The cat created a doorway blockage by stretching out exactly where everyone needed to walk.

My nose had a blockage so bad I sounded like a trumpet with a cold.

Grandpa’s story had no blockage at all; it just kept going and going like an endless river of words.

My brain had a blockage during the math test, so all the numbers turned into potatoes.

Scientists say some heart problems are caused by a blockage in the blood vessels, which is why they tell people to eat healthy and exercise so their ‘body highways’ don’t get jammed.

At dawn, Anna saw a blockage in the garden drain: leaves formed a dark blockage and another blockage made water rise. She kneeled, pulled at the wet blockage with cold hands, and felt panic turn to relief as the water slipped away. The final blockage came free; she laughed, splashed, and watched the clear flow run out.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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