Borrowed fromFrenchbloquer.

• IPA^(key):(Central)[bluˈka]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[bloˈka]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[bloˈkaɾ]

blocar (first-person singular presentbloco,first-person singular preteritebloquí,past participleblocat);root stress:(Central,Valencia,Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) toblock, toblockade
2. (sports,transitive) toblock
3. (pronominal,intransitive) tofreeze up

• Blocar andbloquejar are largely synonymous, although in sports,blocar is more often used in reference to blocking a ball andbloquejar with players.

• bloquejar

• bloc

• “blocar” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

FromFrenchbloquer

• IPA^(key):/bloˈkaɾ/[bloˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:blo‧car

blocar (first-person singular presentbloco,first-person singular preteritebloqué,past participleblocado)

1. (sports) toblock,tackle

• “blocar”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10