obsequio

See also: obséquio and obsequió

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈsɛ.kʷi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈsɛː.kʷi.o]

Noun

obsequiō

1. dative/ablative singular of obsequium

Portuguese

Verb

obsequio

1. first-person singular present indicative of obsequiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obˈsekjo/ [oβ̞ˈse.kjo]
• Rhymes: -ekjo
• Syllabification: ob‧se‧quio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin obsequor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin obsequiumbor.

Spanish obsequio

Borrowed from Latin obsequium.

Noun

obsequio m (plural obsequios)

1. gift, present, offering

   Synonym: regalo

Derived terms

• obsequiar
• obsequiosidad

Related terms

• obsequioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

obsequio

1. first-person singular present indicative of obsequiar

Further reading

• “obsequio”, 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