obnubilar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obnūbilāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obnubiˈlaɾ/ [oβ̞.nu.β̞iˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ob‧nu‧bi‧lar

Verb

obnubilar (first-person singular present obnubilo, first-person singular preterite obnubilé, past participle obnubilado)

1. (transitive) to confuse; to cloud (one's judgement); to daze
2. (transitive) to make cloudy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obnubilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obnubilar
gerund			obnubilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obnubilado		obnubilada
		plural		obnubilados		obnubiladas
		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	obnubilo	obnubilastú obnubilásvos	obnubila	obnubilamos	obnubiláis	obnubilan
	imperfect	obnubilaba	obnubilabas	obnubilaba	obnubilábamos	obnubilabais	obnubilaban
	preterite	obnubilé	obnubilaste	obnubiló	obnubilamos	obnubilasteis	obnubilaron
	future	obnubilaré	obnubilarás	obnubilará	obnubilaremos	obnubilaréis	obnubilarán
	conditional	obnubilaría	obnubilarías	obnubilaría	obnubilaríamos	obnubilaríais	obnubilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obnubile	obnubilestú obnubilésvos2	obnubile	obnubilemos	obnubiléis	obnubilen
	imperfect (ra)	obnubilara	obnubilaras	obnubilara	obnubiláramos	obnubilarais	obnubilaran
	imperfect (se)	obnubilase	obnubilases	obnubilase	obnubilásemos	obnubilaseis	obnubilasen
	future1	obnubilare	obnubilares	obnubilare	obnubiláremos	obnubilareis	obnubilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		obnubilatú obnubilávos	obnubile	obnubilemos	obnubilad	obnubilen
	negative		no obnubiles	no obnubile	no obnubilemos	no obnubiléis	no obnubilen

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

    Selected combined forms of obnubilar

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 obnubilar
	dative	obnubilarme	obnubilarte	obnubilarle, obnubilarse	obnubilarnos	obnubilaros	obnubilarles, obnubilarse
	accusative	obnubilarme	obnubilarte	obnubilarlo, obnubilarla, obnubilarse	obnubilarnos	obnubilaros	obnubilarlos, obnubilarlas, obnubilarse
with gerund obnubilando
	dative	obnubilándome	obnubilándote	obnubilándole, obnubilándose	obnubilándonos	obnubilándoos	obnubilándoles, obnubilándose
	accusative	obnubilándome	obnubilándote	obnubilándolo, obnubilándola, obnubilándose	obnubilándonos	obnubilándoos	obnubilándolos, obnubilándolas, obnubilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative obnubila
	dative	obnubílame	obnubílate	obnubílale	obnubílanos	not used	obnubílales
	accusative	obnubílame	obnubílate	obnubílalo, obnubílala	obnubílanos	not used	obnubílalos, obnubílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative obnubilá
	dative	obnubilame	obnubilate	obnubilale	obnubilanos	not used	obnubilales
	accusative	obnubilame	obnubilate	obnubilalo, obnubilala	obnubilanos	not used	obnubilalos, obnubilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative obnubile
	dative	obnubíleme	not used	obnubílele, obnubílese	obnubílenos	not used	obnubíleles
	accusative	obnubíleme	not used	obnubílelo, obnubílela, obnubílese	obnubílenos	not used	obnubílelos, obnubílelas
with first-person plural imperative obnubilemos
	dative	not used	obnubilémoste	obnubilémosle	obnubilémonos	obnubilémoos	obnubilémosles
	accusative	not used	obnubilémoste	obnubilémoslo, obnubilémosla	obnubilémonos	obnubilémoos	obnubilémoslos, obnubilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obnubilad
	dative	obnubiladme	not used	obnubiladle	obnubiladnos	obnubilaos	obnubiladles
	accusative	obnubiladme	not used	obnubiladlo, obnubiladla	obnubiladnos	obnubilaos	obnubiladlos, obnubiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obnubilen
	dative	obnubílenme	not used	obnubílenle	obnubílennos	not used	obnubílenles, obnubílense
	accusative	obnubílenme	not used	obnubílenlo, obnubílenla	obnubílennos	not used	obnubílenlos, obnubílenlas, obnubílense

Related terms

• nublar

 

See also

• encandilar

Further reading

• “obnubilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014