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Definición de filibuster en inglés:


Saltos de línea: fili|bus¦ter
Pronunciación: /ˈfɪlɪbʌstə


  • 1An action such as prolonged speaking which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly in a way that does not technically contravene the required procedures.
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    delaying tactics, stonewalling, procrastination, obstruction, delaying, blocking, hold-up
  • 2 historical A person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign state.


[no object] (often as noun filibustering) Volver al principio  
  • 1Act in an obstructive manner in a legislative assembly, especially by speaking at inordinate length: several measures were killed by Republican filibustering
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  • 1.1 [with object] Obstruct (proposed legislation) with a filibuster.
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    waste time, stall, play for time, stonewall, procrastinate, buy time, employ delaying tactics; obstruct, delay, block; speak/talk at length, speak/talk on and on
    informal speechify


late 18th century: from French flibustier, first applied to pirates who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the West Indies. In the mid 19th century (via Spanish filibustero), the term denoted American adventurers who incited revolution in several Latin American states, whence sense 2 of the noun. The verb was used to describe tactics intended to sabotage US congressional proceedings, whence sense 1 of the noun.

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