bloķēt

Via other European languages, apparently ultimately borrowed from French bloquer (“to block”), itself a borrowing from Germanic (cf. German Block, Dutch blok, English block).

bloķēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present bloķēju, bloķē, bloķē, past bloķēju)

1. (military) to block (to encircle, to isolate)

   bloķēt pilsētu ― to block the city

   “Karogs” grupa atrodas salā, ko no visām pusēm bloķējis ienaidnieks ― the group “Flag” is now in an island that the enemy has blocked from all sides

2. (politics) to block (to isolate, e.g., a country, a region, from other countries or regions)
3. to block (to prevent the use of)

   bloķēt ostu, ceļu ― to block the harbor, the road

   vajadzēja nogriezt bandītiem atkāpšanās ceļu, bloķēt visas meža un purva takas ― it was necessary to cut off the bandits' escape route, to block all forest and swamp trails

4. to block (to not allow to happen, to pass)

   bloķēt noguldījumu bankā ― to freeze (lit. block) (someone's) savings in the bank

   Krievija bloķē ANO rezolūciju pret Krimas referendumu ― Russia blocks the UN resolution against the Crimean referendum

5. (physiology) to block (to make an organ, a system stop working)
6. (sports) to block (to stop, to prevent the ball or an opponent from moving further)
7. (construction) to build so as to combine, unite buildings, to form a block

   nepieciešams radīt bloķētas sabiedriskās ēkas ― it is necessary to build combined (lit. blocked) public buildings,

   svarīgs lauku ciematu izbūves pamatprincips ir sabiedriski administratīvo ēku bloķēšana ― an important principle of rural village construction is the combining (lit. blocking) of public administrative buildings

prefixed verbs:

• nobloķēt
• sabloķēt

other derived terms

• debloķēt

• blokāde