막히다

Meanings

be blocked; be closed; be cloggedFor a road, passage, hole, etc., to be made impassable.
be fenced; be enclosedFor the front of something to be blocked or encircled, so that nobody can see its inner area.
get tongue-tied; be at a lossFor a certain work to stop progressing as a difficult problem emerges.
be stoppedFor something or what one is about to do to be stopped.
be chocked; be stuffedFor something in a part of one's body to become impassable.

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be jammedFor cars to not run easily because there are many cars on the road.
be hardheadedTo act inflexibly and stubbornly.

Examples from Lessons (3)

길 이 막혀서 버스 를 못 잡아요.
Traffic is so bad that I can't catch a bus.
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차 가 막혀서 늦었어.
I was late because of the traffic.
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3 시 쯤 만나기로 했는데, 길 이 좀 막히더라고.
We agreed to meet around three, but traffic was a bit heavy.
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Grammar in These Examples

-아/어서Level 2Because of, therefore -더라고Level 4I saw/heard/felt that -아/어Level 1Informal ending