obviar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obviāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ob.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /obˈvja(ʁ)/ [obˈvja(h)], /o.bi.viˈa(ʁ)/ [o.bi.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /o.biˈvja(ʁ)/ [o.biˈvja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ob.viˈa(ɾ)/ [ob.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /obˈvja(ɾ)/, /o.bi.viˈa(ɾ)/ [o.bi.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /o.biˈvja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ob.viˈa(ʁ)/ [ob.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /obˈvja(ʁ)/ [obˈvja(χ)], /o.bi.viˈa(ʁ)/ [o.bi.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /o.biˈvja(ʁ)/ [o.biˈvja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.viˈa(ɻ)/ [ob.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /obˈvja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈbvjaɾ/ [ɔˈβvjaɾ]
Verb
obviar (first-person singular present obvio, first-person singular preterite obviei, past participle obviado)
- (transitive) to obviate (to avoid a future problem)
- inflection of obviar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of obviar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | obviar | |||||
Personal | obviar | obviares | obviar | obviarmos | obviardes | obviarem |
Gerund | ||||||
obviando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | obviado | obviados | ||||
Feminine | obviada | obviadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | obvio | obvias | obvia | obviamos | obviais | obviam |
Imperfect | obviava | obviavas | obviava | obviávamos | obviáveis | obviavam |
Preterite | obviei | obviaste | obviou | obviamos1, obviámos2 | obviastes | obviaram |
Pluperfect | obviara | obviaras | obviara | obviáramos | obviáreis | obviaram |
Future | obviarei | obviarás | obviará | obviaremos | obviareis | obviarão |
Conditional | ||||||
obviaria | obviarias | obviaria | obviaríamos | obviaríeis | obviariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | obvie | obvies | obvie | obviemos | obvieis | obviem |
Imperfect | obviasse | obviasses | obviasse | obviássemos | obviásseis | obviassem |
Future | obviar | obviares | obviar | obviarmos | obviardes | obviarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | obvia | obvie | obviemos | obviai | obviem | |
Negative (não) | não obvies | não obvie | não obviemos | não obvieis | não obviem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin obviāre, present active infinitive of obviō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbjaɾ/ [oˈβ̞jaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb
obviar (first-person singular present obvio, first-person singular preterite obvié, past participle obviado)
- to avoid; to get round; to get out of
- to obviate
- to ignore
- obviar la norma ― to ignore the rule
- obviar su frontera ― to ignore the boundary
Conjugation
Conjugation of obviar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | obviar | ||||||
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gerund | obviando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | obviado | obviada | |||||
plural | obviados | obviadas | |||||
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 | obvio | obviastú obviásvos | obvia | obviamos | obviáis | obvian | |
imperfect | obviaba | obviabas | obviaba | obviábamos | obviabais | obviaban | |
preterite | obvié | obviaste | obvió | obviamos | obviasteis | obviaron | |
future | obviaré | obviarás | obviará | obviaremos | obviaréis | obviarán | |
conditional | obviaría | obviarías | obviaría | obviaríamos | obviaríais | obviarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | obvie | obviestú obviésvos2 | obvie | obviemos | obviéis | obvien | |
imperfect (ra) | obviara | obviaras | obviara | obviáramos | obviarais | obviaran | |
imperfect (se) | obviase | obviases | obviase | obviásemos | obviaseis | obviasen | |
future1 | obviare | obviares | obviare | obviáremos | obviareis | obviaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | obviatú obviávos | obvie | obviemos | obviad | obvien | ||
negative | no obvies | no obvie | no obviemos | no obviéis | no obvien |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of obviar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive obviar | |||||||
dative | obviarme | obviarte | obviarle, obviarse | obviarnos | obviaros | obviarles, obviarse | |
accusative | obviarme | obviarte | obviarlo, obviarla, obviarse | obviarnos | obviaros | obviarlos, obviarlas, obviarse | |
with gerund obviando | |||||||
dative | obviándome | obviándote | obviándole, obviándose | obviándonos | obviándoos | obviándoles, obviándose | |
accusative | obviándome | obviándote | obviándolo, obviándola, obviándose | obviándonos | obviándoos | obviándolos, obviándolas, obviándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative obvia | |||||||
dative | óbviame | óbviate | óbviale | óbvianos | not used | óbviales | |
accusative | óbviame | óbviate | óbvialo, óbviala | óbvianos | not used | óbvialos, óbvialas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative obviá | |||||||
dative | obviame | obviate | obviale | obvianos | not used | obviales | |
accusative | obviame | obviate | obvialo, obviala | obvianos | not used | obvialos, obvialas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative obvie | |||||||
dative | óbvieme | not used | óbviele, óbviese | óbvienos | not used | óbvieles | |
accusative | óbvieme | not used | óbvielo, óbviela, óbviese | óbvienos | not used | óbvielos, óbvielas | |
with first-person plural imperative obviemos | |||||||
dative | not used | obviémoste | obviémosle | obviémonos | obviémoos | obviémosles | |
accusative | not used | obviémoste | obviémoslo, obviémosla | obviémonos | obviémoos | obviémoslos, obviémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative obviad | |||||||
dative | obviadme | not used | obviadle | obviadnos | obviaos | obviadles | |
accusative | obviadme | not used | obviadlo, obviadla | obviadnos | obviaos | obviadlos, obviadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative obvien | |||||||
dative | óbvienme | not used | óbvienle | óbviennos | not used | óbvienles, óbviense | |
accusative | óbvienme | not used | óbvienlo, óbvienla | óbviennos | not used | óbvienlos, óbvienlas, óbviense |
Further reading
- “obviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014