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)]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbvjaɾ/ [ɔˈβvjaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbjaɾ/ [ɔˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbvja.ɾi/ [ɔˈβvja.ɾi]

Verb

obviar (first-person singular present obvio, first-person singular preterite obviei, past participle obviado)

1. (transitive) to obviate (to avoid a future problem)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obviar (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	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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obviāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbjaɾ/ [oˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ob‧viar

Verb

obviar (first-person singular present obvio, first-person singular preterite obvié, past participle obviado)

1. to avoid; to get round; to get out of

   Synonyms: eludir, evitar

   obviar su mirada ― dodge his gaze

2. to obviate
3. to ignore; to flout

   obviar la norma ― to ignore the rule

   obviar la regla ― to ignore the rule

   obviar su frontera ― to ignore the boundary

   obviar sus crímenes ― to ignore their crimes

   • 2017 April 2, “Las dictaduras según Borges”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     Se ha instalado en el proceder de radicales puristas y escrupulosos que, señalando yerros de la MUD y obviando sus aciertos, promueven frentes y movimientos de signo negativo para restar y dividir, en sintonía con lo que buscan los hegemones, a fin de que sus partidarios sigan siendo «botones que balbucean imperativos» y, gritando sus «vivas y mueras prefijados», continúen, disciplinadamente, «usurpando el lugar de la lucidez».

     It has settled in the behavior of purist and scrupulous radicals who, pointing out the MUD's mistakes and ignoring its successes, promote negative fronts and movements to subtract and divide, in line with what the hegemons seek, so that their supporters continue to be «buttons that babble imperatives» and, shouting their «prefixed live and dies», continue, disciplined, «usurping the place of lucidity».

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obviar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obviar
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
		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

Related terms

• obvio

 

Further reading

• “obviar”, 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