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block1

Pronunciation: /blɑːk; blɒk/

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n

  • 1 (of stone, wood) bloque (m); (starting block) [Sport] taco (m) de salida; (of paper) bloc (m)
  • 2 a (space enclosed by streets) manzana (f) (distance between two streets) it's eight blocks from here (AmE) = está a ocho cuadras or (Esp) calles de aquí b (building) a block of flats (BrE) = un edificio de apartamentos or de departamentos (AmL), una casa de pisos (Esp) an office block = un edificio de oficinas
  • 5 (blockage) obstrucción (f) bloqueo (m) I have a mental block about physics = tengo un bloqueo mental con la física

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