interferir

/inteɾfeˈɾiɾ/ · B1 · verb

to interfere

🚧 inter + ferir = strike between: you barge into the middle of things

From Latin inter (between) + ferire (to strike). Interferir is to strike in between, getting in the way of something already going on. It works just like English interfere, and conjugates like preferir: interfiero, interfieres.

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