obstáculo
/obsˈtakulo/ · B1 · noun · m
obstacle
🚧🪨 obstáculo = ob (in the way) + stare (to stand): what stands in your way
From Latin obstaculum, from obstare: ob- (against, in the way) + stare (to stand). The same stare root gives English stand, state and stable. Nearly identical to English obstacle, so the meaning carries straight over. Stress falls on -tá-: obs-TÁ-cu-lo.