obstar
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]obstar (first-person singular present obsto, first-person singular preterite obstei, past participle obstado)
- (transitive) to oppose
- Synonym: opor-se
- (transitive) to obstruct
- Synonym: obstruir
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of obstar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “obstar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin obstāre. All of the first and second person forms were rendered obsolete during evolution for unknown reasons.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]obstar (third-person only, third-person singular present obsta, third-person singular preterite obstó, past participle obstado)
- (intransitive) to hinder
- 2017 December 23, ““Annus horribilis””, in El Nacional[1]:
- Resulta interesante contrastar también el celo del procerato “revolucionario” que reacciona vitriólicamente cuando alguien en el exterior osa criticar o rozar con el pétalo de una rosa al gobierno nacional, pero ello no obsta para que el pintoresco Nicolás opine libre y groseramente acerca del proceso de reforma jubilatoria en Argentina o su inconformidad con el recuento de votos en Honduras o lo que le venga en gana.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used only in the third person, infinitive, gerund and participle.
- Often is used in the impersonal structure no obsta para que followed by a subjunctive clause, meaning "doesn't stop them from..."
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of obstar (third-person only) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | obstar | ||||||
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gerund | obstando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | obstado | obstada | |||||
plural | obstados | obstadas | |||||
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 | — | — | obsta | — | — | obstan | |
imperfect | — | — | obstaba | — | — | obstaban | |
preterite | — | — | obstó | — | — | obstaron | |
future | — | — | obstará | — | — | obstarán | |
conditional | — | — | obstaría | — | — | obstarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | obste | — | — | obsten | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | obstara | — | — | obstaran | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | obstase | — | — | obstasen | |
future1 | — | — | obstare | — | — | obstaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
Selected combined forms of obstar (third-person only)
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 obstar | |||||||
dative | obstarme | obstarte | obstarle, obstarse | obstarnos | obstaros | obstarles, obstarse | |
accusative | obstarme | obstarte | obstarlo, obstarla, obstarse | obstarnos | obstaros | obstarlos, obstarlas, obstarse | |
with gerund obstando | |||||||
dative | obstándome | obstándote | obstándole, obstándose | obstándonos | obstándoos | obstándoles, obstándose | |
accusative | obstándome | obstándote | obstándolo, obstándola, obstándose | obstándonos | obstándoos | obstándolos, obstándolas, obstándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | — | — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | — | —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with formal second-person singular imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with first-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | not used | — | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | not used | — | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with informal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with formal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | not used | —, — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | —, —, — |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “obstar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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