obliterar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.βli.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.bli.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.bli.teˈɾaɾ]

Verb

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterí, past participle obliterat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to obliterate, to erase, to smudge, to cross out

   Synonym: esborrar

2. (transitive) to cancel (a stamp)
3. (transitive, medicine) to obliterate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obliterar (first conjugation)

infinitive			obliterar
gerund			obliterant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obliterat		obliterada
		plural		obliterats		obliterades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	oblitero	obliteres	oblitera	obliterem	oblitereu	obliteren
	imperfect	obliterava	obliteraves	obliterava	obliteràvem	obliteràveu	obliteraven
	future	obliteraré	obliteraràs	obliterarà	obliterarem	obliterareu	obliteraran
	preterite	obliterí	obliterares	obliterà	obliteràrem	obliteràreu	obliteraren
	conditional	obliteraria	obliteraries	obliteraria	obliteraríem	obliteraríeu	obliterarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obliteri	obliteris	obliteri	obliterem	oblitereu	obliterin
	imperfect	obliterés	obliteressis	obliterés	obliteréssim	obliteréssiu	obliteressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	oblitera	obliteri	obliterem	oblitereu	obliterin
	negative (no)	—	no obliteris	no obliteri	no obliterem	no oblitereu	no obliterin

Derived terms

• obliterador

Related terms

• obliteració

Further reading

• “obliterar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblitus, past participle of oblinō (“to smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.bli.teˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.bli.teˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.bli.teˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bli.teˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bli.tɨˈɾaɾ/ [ɔ.βli.tɨˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bli.tɨˈɾaɾ/ [ɔ.βli.tɨˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bli.tɨˈɾa.ɾi/ [ɔ.βli.tɨˈɾa.ɾi]

Verb

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliterei, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: aniquilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obliterar (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	obliterar
Personal	obliterar	obliterares	obliterar	obliterarmos	obliterardes	obliterarem
Gerund
	obliterando
Past participle
Masculine	obliterado			obliterados
Feminine	obliterada			obliteradas
Indicative
Present	oblitero	obliteras	oblitera	obliteramos	obliterais	obliteram
Imperfect	obliterava	obliteravas	obliterava	obliterávamos	obliteráveis	obliteravam
Preterite	obliterei	obliteraste	obliterou	obliteramos1, obliterámos2	obliterastes	obliteraram
Pluperfect	obliterara	obliteraras	obliterara	obliteráramos	obliteráreis	obliteraram
Future	obliterarei	obliterarás	obliterará	obliteraremos	obliterareis	obliterarão
Conditional	obliteraria	obliterarias	obliteraria	obliteraríamos	obliteraríeis	obliterariam
Subjunctive
Present	oblitere	obliteres	oblitere	obliteremos	oblitereis	obliterem
Imperfect	obliterasse	obliterasses	obliterasse	obliterássemos	obliterásseis	obliterassem
Future	obliterar	obliterares	obliterar	obliterarmos	obliterardes	obliterarem
Imperative
Affirmative		oblitera	oblitere	obliteremos	obliterai	obliterem
Negative (não)		não obliteres	não oblitere	não obliteremos	não oblitereis	não obliterem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin oblitterāre (“blot out”), from oblinō (“smear over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obliteˈɾaɾ/ [o.β̞li.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧bli‧te‧rar

Verb

obliterar (first-person singular present oblitero, first-person singular preterite obliteré, past participle obliterado)

1. (transitive) to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate

   Synonyms: anihilar, apagar, erradicar, extinguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obliterar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obliterar
gerund			obliterando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obliterado		obliterada
		plural		obliterados		obliteradas
		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	oblitero	obliterastú obliterásvos	oblitera	obliteramos	obliteráis	obliteran
	imperfect	obliteraba	obliterabas	obliteraba	obliterábamos	obliterabais	obliteraban
	preterite	obliteré	obliteraste	obliteró	obliteramos	obliterasteis	obliteraron
	future	obliteraré	obliterarás	obliterará	obliteraremos	obliteraréis	obliterarán
	conditional	obliteraría	obliterarías	obliteraría	obliteraríamos	obliteraríais	obliterarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	oblitere	obliterestú obliterésvos2	oblitere	obliteremos	obliteréis	obliteren
	imperfect (ra)	obliterara	obliteraras	obliterara	obliteráramos	obliterarais	obliteraran
	imperfect (se)	obliterase	obliterases	obliterase	obliterásemos	obliteraseis	obliterasen
	future1	obliterare	obliterares	obliterare	obliteráremos	obliterareis	obliteraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		obliteratú obliterávos	oblitere	obliteremos	obliterad	obliteren
	negative		no obliteres	no oblitere	no obliteremos	no obliteréis	no obliteren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of obliterar

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 obliterar	dative	obliterarme	obliterarte	obliterarle, obliterarse	obliterarnos	obliteraros	obliterarles, obliterarse
	accusative	obliterarme	obliterarte	obliterarlo, obliterarla, obliterarse	obliterarnos	obliteraros	obliterarlos, obliterarlas, obliterarse
with gerund obliterando	dative	obliterándome	obliterándote	obliterándole, obliterándose	obliterándonos	obliterándoos	obliterándoles, obliterándose
	accusative	obliterándome	obliterándote	obliterándolo, obliterándola, obliterándose	obliterándonos	obliterándoos	obliterándolos, obliterándolas, obliterándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative oblitera	dative	oblitérame	oblitérate	oblitérale	oblitéranos	not used	oblitérales
	accusative	oblitérame	oblitérate	oblitéralo, oblitérala	oblitéranos	not used	oblitéralos, oblitéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative obliterá	dative	obliterame	obliterate	obliterale	obliteranos	not used	obliterales
	accusative	obliterame	obliterate	obliteralo, obliterala	obliteranos	not used	obliteralos, obliteralas
with formal second-person singular imperative oblitere	dative	oblitéreme	not used	oblitérele, oblitérese	oblitérenos	not used	oblitéreles
	accusative	oblitéreme	not used	oblitérelo, oblitérela, oblitérese	oblitérenos	not used	oblitérelos, oblitérelas
with first-person plural imperative obliteremos	dative	not used	obliterémoste	obliterémosle	obliterémonos	obliterémoos	obliterémosles
	accusative	not used	obliterémoste	obliterémoslo, obliterémosla	obliterémonos	obliterémoos	obliterémoslos, obliterémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obliterad	dative	obliteradme	not used	obliteradle	obliteradnos	obliteraos	obliteradles
	accusative	obliteradme	not used	obliteradlo, obliteradla	obliteradnos	obliteraos	obliteradlos, obliteradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obliteren	dative	oblitérenme	not used	oblitérenle	oblitérennos	not used	oblitérenles, oblitérense
	accusative	oblitérenme	not used	oblitérenlo, oblitérenla	oblitérennos	not used	oblitérenlos, oblitérenlas, oblitérense

Related terms

• obliteración

 

Further reading

• “obliterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10