obstaculizar
Portuguese
Etymology
From obstáculo + -izar.
Verb
obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculizei, past participle obstaculizado)
- to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
Conjugation
Conjugation of obstaculizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | obstaculizar | |||||
| Personal | obstaculizar | obstaculizares | obstaculizar | obstaculizarmos | obstaculizardes | obstaculizarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| obstaculizando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | obstaculizado | obstaculizados | ||||
| Feminine | obstaculizada | obstaculizadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | obstaculizo | obstaculizas | obstaculiza | obstaculizamos | obstaculizais | obstaculizam |
| Imperfect | obstaculizava | obstaculizavas | obstaculizava | obstaculizávamos | obstaculizáveis | obstaculizavam |
| Preterite | obstaculizei | obstaculizaste | obstaculizou | obstaculizamos1, obstaculizámos2 | obstaculizastes | obstaculizaram |
| Pluperfect | obstaculizara | obstaculizaras | obstaculizara | obstaculizáramos | obstaculizáreis | obstaculizaram |
| Future | obstaculizarei | obstaculizarás | obstaculizará | obstaculizaremos | obstaculizareis | obstaculizarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| obstaculizaria | obstaculizarias | obstaculizaria | obstaculizaríamos | obstaculizaríeis | obstaculizariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | obstaculize | obstaculizes | obstaculize | obstaculizemos | obstaculizeis | obstaculizem |
| Imperfect | obstaculizasse | obstaculizasses | obstaculizasse | obstaculizássemos | obstaculizásseis | obstaculizassem |
| Future | obstaculizar | obstaculizares | obstaculizar | obstaculizarmos | obstaculizardes | obstaculizarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | obstaculiza | obstaculize | obstaculizemos | obstaculizai | obstaculizem | |
| Negative (não) | não obstaculizes | não obstaculize | não obstaculizemos | não obstaculizeis | não obstaculizem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From obstáculo + -izar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /obstakuliˈθaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /obstakuliˈsaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: obs‧ta‧cu‧li‧zar
Verb
obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculicé, past participle obstaculizado)
- to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
- Synonyms: impedir, estorbar
- 2015 July 15, “La opositora Machado, inhabilitada para ejercer cargos públicos”, in El País:
- Ahora el régimen activa otro resorte de la institucionalidad revolucionaria para obstaculizar la participación de Machado en las próximas elecciones para la Asamblea Nacional, que se presumen decisivas para el destino del proceso bolivariano.
- Now the regime is activating another resort of the revolutionary institutionalization to impede the participation of Machado in the next elections for the National Assembly, which are presumed to be decisive for the future of the bolivian process.
Conjugation
Conjugation of obstaculizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | obstaculizar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | obstaculizando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | obstaculizado | obstaculizada | |||||
| plural | obstaculizados | obstaculizadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | obstaculizo | obstaculizastú obstaculizásvos | obstaculiza | obstaculizamos | obstaculizáis | obstaculizan | |
| imperfect | obstaculizaba | obstaculizabas | obstaculizaba | obstaculizábamos | obstaculizabais | obstaculizaban | |
| preterite | obstaculicé | obstaculizaste | obstaculizó | obstaculizamos | obstaculizasteis | obstaculizaron | |
| future | obstaculizaré | obstaculizarás | obstaculizará | obstaculizaremos | obstaculizaréis | obstaculizarán | |
| conditional | obstaculizaría | obstaculizarías | obstaculizaría | obstaculizaríamos | obstaculizaríais | obstaculizarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | obstaculice | obstaculicestú obstaculicésvos2 | obstaculice | obstaculicemos | obstaculicéis | obstaculicen | |
| imperfect (ra) | obstaculizara | obstaculizaras | obstaculizara | obstaculizáramos | obstaculizarais | obstaculizaran | |
| imperfect (se) | obstaculizase | obstaculizases | obstaculizase | obstaculizásemos | obstaculizaseis | obstaculizasen | |
| future1 | obstaculizare | obstaculizares | obstaculizare | obstaculizáremos | obstaculizareis | obstaculizaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | obstaculizatú obstaculizávos | obstaculice | obstaculicemos | obstaculizad | obstaculicen | ||
| negative | no obstaculices | no obstaculice | no obstaculicemos | no obstaculicéis | no obstaculicen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of obstaculizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive obstaculizar | |||||||
| dative | obstaculizarme | obstaculizarte | obstaculizarle, obstaculizarse | obstaculizarnos | obstaculizaros | obstaculizarles, obstaculizarse | |
| accusative | obstaculizarme | obstaculizarte | obstaculizarlo, obstaculizarla, obstaculizarse | obstaculizarnos | obstaculizaros | obstaculizarlos, obstaculizarlas, obstaculizarse | |
| with gerund obstaculizando | |||||||
| dative | obstaculizándome | obstaculizándote | obstaculizándole, obstaculizándose | obstaculizándonos | obstaculizándoos | obstaculizándoles, obstaculizándose | |
| accusative | obstaculizándome | obstaculizándote | obstaculizándolo, obstaculizándola, obstaculizándose | obstaculizándonos | obstaculizándoos | obstaculizándolos, obstaculizándolas, obstaculizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative obstaculiza | |||||||
| dative | obstaculízame | obstaculízate | obstaculízale | obstaculízanos | not used | obstaculízales | |
| accusative | obstaculízame | obstaculízate | obstaculízalo, obstaculízala | obstaculízanos | not used | obstaculízalos, obstaculízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative obstaculizá | |||||||
| dative | obstaculizame | obstaculizate | obstaculizale | obstaculizanos | not used | obstaculizales | |
| accusative | obstaculizame | obstaculizate | obstaculizalo, obstaculizala | obstaculizanos | not used | obstaculizalos, obstaculizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative obstaculice | |||||||
| dative | obstaculíceme | not used | obstaculícele, obstaculícese | obstaculícenos | not used | obstaculíceles | |
| accusative | obstaculíceme | not used | obstaculícelo, obstaculícela, obstaculícese | obstaculícenos | not used | obstaculícelos, obstaculícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative obstaculicemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | obstaculicémoste | obstaculicémosle | obstaculicémonos | obstaculicémoos | obstaculicémosles | |
| accusative | not used | obstaculicémoste | obstaculicémoslo, obstaculicémosla | obstaculicémonos | obstaculicémoos | obstaculicémoslos, obstaculicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative obstaculizad | |||||||
| dative | obstaculizadme | not used | obstaculizadle | obstaculizadnos | obstaculizaos | obstaculizadles | |
| accusative | obstaculizadme | not used | obstaculizadlo, obstaculizadla | obstaculizadnos | obstaculizaos | obstaculizadlos, obstaculizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative obstaculicen | |||||||
| dative | obstaculícenme | not used | obstaculícenle | obstaculícennos | not used | obstaculícenles, obstaculícense | |
| accusative | obstaculícenme | not used | obstaculícenlo, obstaculícenla | obstaculícennos | not used | obstaculícenlos, obstaculícenlas, obstaculícense | |
Related terms
- obstaculización
Further reading
- “obstaculizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014