obturar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.tuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.tuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.tuˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophone: obturà

Verb

obturar (first-person singular present obturo, first-person singular preterite obturí, past participle obturat)

1. to block
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Només aquella mar freda, com sempre, obturada per núvols distants.

     Only that cold sea, as always, blocked by distant clouds.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin obtūrāre, present active infinitive of obtūrō. Compare the doublet aturar.

Verb

1. to block, clog, obturate

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obtūrāre, present active infinitive of obtūrō. Compare the doublet atorar, borrowed from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obtuˈɾaɾ/ [oβ̞.t̪uˈɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to block; to clog