estorbar

to get in the way of

to be in the way

Sí, no le gustaba que la gente le estorbara.	Yeah, he didn't like people getting under his feet.
Bien... para que no estorbara, ¿no es así?	Well... to be out of the way, wasn't it?
No quería que nada le estorbara.	He didn't want anything getting in the way.
Si te estorbara, me lo dirías, ¿no?	You'd tell me if I was in your way, wouldn't you?
Se comporta como si yo le estorbara.	He acts like I'm in the way.
Todo lo que pedían eran mercados libres y ninguna regulación que estorbara a sus hazañas.	All they demanded was free markets and no regulation that would hinder their exploits.
Si el sistema político estorbara ese proceso, el sistema entero se derrumbaría.	If the political system got in the way of that process, the whole system would break down.
Si bien tenía un temperamento irritable hacia todo aquello que estorbara sus deberes sacerdotales, él se volvía niño con los niños.	Although he had an irritable temperament for all the things that contradicted his priestly duties, he became a child with the children.
Estados Unidos quería establecer un gobierno débil, sumiso y comprado que no estorbara sus planes, y consideró que Patrice Lumumba los estorbaría.	It wanted to establish a weak, compliant, bought-off government that wouldn't stand in its way, and they saw Patrice Lumumba as someone who did.
Tan solo pongalo en posicion vertical y conduzca con precaucion pero a su aire, así tampoco le estorbara a al hora de poner el freno de mano.	Just put it in an upright position and drive with caution but in air, so not to hinder him in time to put the handbrake.
Si había alguien que me estorbara, esperaba o me iba a otra sala para volver al rato y poder estar solo abandonándome a la contemplación.	If there was somebody disturbing me, I waited or went to another room to come back some time later to be alone and abandon myself in contemplation.
Para que tampoco ningún tráfico estorbara el experimento, estaban callados por el tiempo del experimento todos los tranvías - triunfo de la ciencia sobre los asuntos cotidianos.	So that no traffic would influence the experiment, all trams were stopped for the time of the experiment–triumph of the so-called science about the needs of everyday life.
Con todas sus fuerzas se apresuraban a decir: he aquí lo que quisiéramos ser, lo que podríamos ser si nadie nos estorbara.	They were all eager to shout with all their might: Here is what we wanted to be! Here is what we would have been, if they had not prevented us!
Le dieron a la Sra. Fishman su propio laboratorio para que nadie le estorbara.	Ms. Fishman was given her own laboratory so that no one would encumber her.
Fácilmente se desliza dentro de su bolsillo y no estorbará.	It easily slips into your pocket and won't get in your way.
Ella no estorbará a nadie in esa parte de la casa.	She will be in nobody's way in that part of the house.
Así nada estorbará un desarrollo sano de los dientes.	So that nothing gets in the way of healthy dental development.
Cada carga excesiva estorbará al viajero.	Each excessive burden well hinder the traveler.
Nada estorbará su estudio.	Nothing will hinder her study.
¿Estorbará ésto en alguna manera mi vida de oración o me hará más difícil la oración?	Would this in any way hinder my prayer life or make prayer more difficult for me?