Obstaculizar means ‘to obstruct/hamper’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (z becomes c before e): obstaculizo (present), obstaculicé (preterite), obstaculizado (past participle), obstaculizando (gerund).
Obstaculizar in use
Un camión averiado obstaculizaba el pasoA broken-down lorry was blocking the way
La burocracia obstaculiza la apertura de nuevos negociosRed tape hampers the opening of new businesses
Les pidieron que no obstaculizaran el trabajo de los bomberosThey were asked not to obstruct the firefighters' work
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Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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