thwart: Palabra del día: October 17, 2019

thwart , v :
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise. (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.