obrigado

Galician

Etymology

From obrigar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /obɾiˈɡado/ [o.β̞ɾiˈɣ̞ɑ.ð̞ʊ]
IPA^(key): (gheada) /obɾiˈħado/ [o.β̞ɾiˈħɑ.ð̞ʊ]

Rhymes: -ado
Hyphenation: o‧bri‧ga‧do

Participle

obrigado (feminine obrigada, masculine plural obrigados, feminine plural obrigadas)

past participle of obrigar

Adjective

obrigado (feminine obrigada, masculine plural obrigados, feminine plural obrigadas)

obliged, forced
- 1461, M. Lucas Álvarez, Pedro Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 283:
  pagaredes ao dito moesteiro a renda que eu del sõõ obrigada de pagar
  you'll pay to said monastery the rent I'm obliged to pay
obliged, indebted due to a favor
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
  Afonso:
  Eu polo menos Christobo
  os que son ben incrinados,
  querolles polo vivir,
  e mais ei de ver ogano
  se o podo por na Escola.
  Christobo:
  Tendesme moy obrigado,
  Afonso Deus bolo pague,
  porque eu non podo pagalo.
  Afonso:
  "I at least, Christobo,
  for those who are well predisposed,
  I want to make them a living
  and I'll try this year
  to put him in school."
  Christobo:
  "You have me very obliged,
  Afonso, God bless you,
  because I can't pay for it"

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “obrigad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “obrigado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “obrigado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “obrigado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

brigado (nonstandard)
obg (Internet slang)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obligātus (“obliged”), past participle of obligō (“to bind in obligation”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bɾiˈɡa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bɾiˈɡa.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bɾiˈɡa.du/ [ɔ.βɾiˈɣa.ðu]

Hyphenation: o‧bri‧ga‧do
Audio (Brazil): (file)

Interjection

obrigado

thanks; thank you
Synonyms: agradecido, obrigada, (Brazil, slang) valeu, (Mozambique) canimambo

Obrigado por tudo. ― Thank you for everything.

Usage notes

There is variation regarding the gender-based use of the interjection. Some speakers conjugate the interjection and use obrigado only when the speaker is male, and obrigada when female. Additionally, obrigados should be used when speaking as a group (either only males, or males and females), and obrigadas when speaking as a group of females. These two forms are rarely used. Other speakers make no distinction between obrigado and obrigada and use the interjections interchangeably.

Adjective

obrigado (feminine obrigada, masculine plural obrigados, feminine plural obrigadas)

obligatory; mandatory (required or commanded by authority)
Synonyms: mandatório, obrigatório, requerido

Antonyms: facultativo, opcional, optativo
(formal) grateful, thankful
Synonyms: agradecido, grato, reconhecido

Noun

obrigado m (plural obrigados, feminine obrigada, feminine plural obrigadas)

(law) someone bound by a legal obligation
Antonym: desobrigado

Noun

obrigado m (plural obrigados)

a thank you (instance of expressing gratitude)

Related terms

Participle

obrigado (feminine obrigada, masculine plural obrigados, feminine plural obrigadas)

past participle of obrigar