obcecar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obcaecāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈka(ʁ)/ [ob.seˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈka(ʁ)/ [ob.seˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈka(ʁ)/ [ob.seˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ob.seˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈkaɾ/ [ɔ.βsɨˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈkaɾ/ [ɔ.βsɨˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bsɨˈka.ɾi/ [ɔ.βsɨˈka.ɾi]

Verb

obcecar (first-person singular present obceco, first-person singular preterite obcequei, past participle obcecado)

1. to blind (from facts, from the truth)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obcecar (c-qu alternation) (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	obcecar
Personal	obcecar	obcecares	obcecar	obcecarmos	obcecardes	obcecarem
Gerund
	obcecando
Past participle
Masculine	obcecado			obcecados
Feminine	obcecada			obcecadas
Indicative
Present	obceco	obcecas	obceca	obcecamos	obcecais	obcecam
Imperfect	obcecava	obcecavas	obcecava	obcecávamos	obcecáveis	obcecavam
Preterite	obcequei	obcecaste	obcecou	obcecamos1, obcecámos2	obcecastes	obcecaram
Pluperfect	obcecara	obcecaras	obcecara	obcecáramos	obcecáreis	obcecaram
Future	obcecarei	obcecarás	obcecará	obcecaremos	obcecareis	obcecarão
Conditional	obcecaria	obcecarias	obcecaria	obcecaríamos	obcecaríeis	obcecariam
Subjunctive
Present	obceque	obceques	obceque	obcequemos	obcequeis	obcequem
Imperfect	obcecasse	obcecasses	obcecasse	obcecássemos	obcecásseis	obcecassem
Future	obcecar	obcecares	obcecar	obcecarmos	obcecardes	obcecarem
Imperative
Affirmative		obceca	obceque	obcequemos	obcecai	obcequem
Negative (não)		não obceques	não obceque	não obcequemos	não obcequeis	não obcequem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• obcecação

Further reading

• “obcecar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “obcecar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obcaecāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obθeˈkaɾ/ [oβ̞.θeˈkaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /obseˈkaɾ/ [oβ̞.seˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ob‧ce‧car

Verb

obcecar (first-person singular present obceco, first-person singular preterite obcequé, past participle obcecado)

1. (transitive) to blind

   Synonym: cegar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obcecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obcecar
gerund			obcecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obcecado		obcecada
		plural		obcecados		obcecadas
		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	obceco	obcecastú obcecásvos	obceca	obcecamos	obcecáis	obcecan
	imperfect	obcecaba	obcecabas	obcecaba	obcecábamos	obcecabais	obcecaban
	preterite	obcequé	obcecaste	obcecó	obcecamos	obcecasteis	obcecaron
	future	obcecaré	obcecarás	obcecará	obcecaremos	obcecaréis	obcecarán
	conditional	obcecaría	obcecarías	obcecaría	obcecaríamos	obcecaríais	obcecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obceque	obcequestú obcequésvos2	obceque	obcequemos	obcequéis	obcequen
	imperfect (ra)	obcecara	obcecaras	obcecara	obcecáramos	obcecarais	obcecaran
	imperfect (se)	obcecase	obcecases	obcecase	obcecásemos	obcecaseis	obcecasen
	future1	obcecare	obcecares	obcecare	obcecáremos	obcecareis	obcecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		obcecatú obcecávos	obceque	obcequemos	obcecad	obcequen
	negative		no obceques	no obceque	no obcequemos	no obcequéis	no obcequen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of obcecar (c-qu alternation)

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 obcecar	dative	obcecarme	obcecarte	obcecarle, obcecarse	obcecarnos	obcecaros	obcecarles, obcecarse
	accusative	obcecarme	obcecarte	obcecarlo, obcecarla, obcecarse	obcecarnos	obcecaros	obcecarlos, obcecarlas, obcecarse
with gerund obcecando	dative	obcecándome	obcecándote	obcecándole, obcecándose	obcecándonos	obcecándoos	obcecándoles, obcecándose
	accusative	obcecándome	obcecándote	obcecándolo, obcecándola, obcecándose	obcecándonos	obcecándoos	obcecándolos, obcecándolas, obcecándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative obceca	dative	obcécame	obcécate	obcécale	obcécanos	not used	obcécales
	accusative	obcécame	obcécate	obcécalo, obcécala	obcécanos	not used	obcécalos, obcécalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative obcecá	dative	obcecame	obcecate	obcecale	obcecanos	not used	obcecales
	accusative	obcecame	obcecate	obcecalo, obcecala	obcecanos	not used	obcecalos, obcecalas
with formal second-person singular imperative obceque	dative	obcéqueme	not used	obcéquele, obcéquese	obcéquenos	not used	obcéqueles
	accusative	obcéqueme	not used	obcéquelo, obcéquela, obcéquese	obcéquenos	not used	obcéquelos, obcéquelas
with first-person plural imperative obcequemos	dative	not used	obcequémoste	obcequémosle	obcequémonos	obcequémoos	obcequémosles
	accusative	not used	obcequémoste	obcequémoslo, obcequémosla	obcequémonos	obcequémoos	obcequémoslos, obcequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obcecad	dative	obcecadme	not used	obcecadle	obcecadnos	obcecaos	obcecadles
	accusative	obcecadme	not used	obcecadlo, obcecadla	obcecadnos	obcecaos	obcecadlos, obcecadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obcequen	dative	obcéquenme	not used	obcéquenle	obcéquennos	not used	obcéquenles, obcéquense
	accusative	obcéquenme	not used	obcéquenlo, obcéquenla	obcéquennos	not used	obcéquenlos, obcéquenlas, obcéquense

Related terms

• obcecación

Further reading

• “obcecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025