Meaning of bloķēt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to block (to encircle, to isolate)
   transitive
2. to block (to isolate, e.g., a country, a region, from other countries or regions)
   transitive
3. to block (to prevent the use of)
   transitive
4. to block (to not allow to happen, to pass)
   transitive
5. to block (to make an organ, a system stop working)
   transitive
6. to block (to stop, to prevent the ball or an opponent from moving further)
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7. to build so as to combine, unite buildings, to form a block
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“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

“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

“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

“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

CEFR level