obcecar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obcaecāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.seˈka(ʁ)/ [ob.seˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ob.seˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ob.seˈka(ʁ)/ [ob.seˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ob.seˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈkaɾ/ [ɔ.βsɨˈkaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈka.ɾi/ [ɔ.βsɨˈka.ɾi]
Verb
obcecar (first-person singular present obceco, first-person singular preterite obcequei, past participle obcecado)
- to blind (from facts, from the truth)
Conjugation
Conjugation of obcecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- obcecação
Further reading
- “obcecar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “obcecar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obθeˈkaɾ/ [oβ̞.θeˈkaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /obseˈkaɾ/ [oβ̞.seˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ob‧ce‧car
Verb
obcecar (first-person singular present obceco, first-person singular preterite obcequé, past participle obcecado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of obcecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of obcecar (c-qu 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 obcecar | dative | obcecarme | obcecarte | obcecarle, obcecarse | obcecarnos | obcecaros | obcecarles, obcecarse |
| accusative | obcecarme | obcecarte | obcecarlo, obcecarla, obcecarse | obcecarnos | obcecaros | obcecarlos, obcecarlas, obcecarse | |
| with gerund obcecando | dative | obcecándome | obcecándote | obcecándole, obcecándose | obcecándonos | obcecándoos | obcecándoles, obcecándose |
| accusative | obcecándome | obcecándote | obcecándolo, obcecándola, obcecándose | obcecándonos | obcecándoos | obcecándolos, obcecándolas, obcecándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative obceca | dative | obcécame | obcécate | obcécale | obcécanos | not used | obcécales |
| accusative | obcécame | obcécate | obcécalo, obcécala | obcécanos | not used | obcécalos, obcécalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative obcecá | dative | obcecame | obcecate | obcecale | obcecanos | not used | obcecales |
| accusative | obcecame | obcecate | obcecalo, obcecala | obcecanos | not used | obcecalos, obcecalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative obceque | dative | obcéqueme | not used | obcéquele, obcéquese | obcéquenos | not used | obcéqueles |
| accusative | obcéqueme | not used | obcéquelo, obcéquela, obcéquese | obcéquenos | not used | obcéquelos, obcéquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative obcequemos | dative | not used | obcequémoste | obcequémosle | obcequémonos | obcequémoos | obcequémosles |
| accusative | not used | obcequémoste | obcequémoslo, obcequémosla | obcequémonos | obcequémoos | obcequémoslos, obcequémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative obcecad | dative | obcecadme | not used | obcecadle | obcecadnos | obcecaos | obcecadles |
| accusative | obcecadme | not used | obcecadlo, obcecadla | obcecadnos | obcecaos | obcecadlos, obcecadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative obcequen | dative | obcéquenme | not used | obcéquenle | obcéquennos | not used | obcéquenles, obcéquense |
| accusative | obcéquenme | not used | obcéquenlo, obcéquenla | obcéquennos | not used | obcéquenlos, obcéquenlas, obcéquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “obcecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025