obvio

See also: óbvio and obvió

Asturian

Adjective

obvio

1. neuter of obviu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin obvius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔbbjo/ [ˈɔβ̞.β̞jʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔbbjo
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔbjo/ [ˈɔ.β̞jʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔbjo
• Hyphenation: ob‧vio

Adjective

obvio (feminine obvia, masculine plural obvios, feminine plural obvias)

1. obvious

Derived terms

• obviamente

Latin

Etymology

From obvius (“meeting, in the way”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.wi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.vi.o]

Verb

obviō (present infinitive obviāre, perfect active obviāvī, supine obviātum); first conjugation (post-classical) [with dative]

1. to meet
2. to resist, withstand
3. to prevent, hinder, obviate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obviō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obviō		obviās		obviat		obviāmus		obviātis		obviant
	imperfect	obviābam		obviābās		obviābat		obviābāmus		obviābātis		obviābant
	future	obviābō		obviābis		obviābit		obviābimus		obviābitis		obviābunt
	perfect	obviāvī		obviāvistī		obviāvit		obviāvimus		obviāvistis		obviāvērunt, obviāvēre
	pluperfect	obviāveram		obviāverās		obviāverat		obviāverāmus		obviāverātis		obviāverant
	future perfect	obviāverō		obviāveris		obviāverit		obviāverimus		obviāveritis		obviāverint
passive	present	obvior		obviāris, obviāre		obviātur		obviāmur		obviāminī		obviantur
	imperfect	obviābar		obviābāris, obviābāre		obviābātur		obviābāmur		obviābāminī		obviābantur
	future	obviābor		obviāberis, obviābere		obviābitur		obviābimur		obviābiminī		obviābuntur
	perfect	obviātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obviātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obviātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obviem		obviēs		obviet		obviēmus		obviētis		obvient
	imperfect	obviārem		obviārēs		obviāret		obviārēmus		obviārētis		obviārent
	perfect	obviāverim		obviāverīs		obviāverit		obviāverīmus		obviāverītis		obviāverint
	pluperfect	obviāvissem		obviāvissēs		obviāvisset		obviāvissēmus		obviāvissētis		obviāvissent
passive	present	obvier		obviēris, obviēre		obviētur		obviēmur		obviēminī		obvientur
	imperfect	obviārer		obviārēris, obviārēre		obviārētur		obviārēmur		obviārēminī		obviārentur
	perfect	obviātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obviātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obviā		—		—		obviāte		—
	future	—		obviātō		obviātō		—		obviātōte		obviantō
passive	present	—		obviāre		—		—		obviāminī		—
	future	—		obviātor		obviātor		—		—		obviantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obviāre			obviārī			obviāns			—
future		obviātūrum esse			obviātum īrī			obviātūrus			obviandus
perfect		obviāvisse			obviātum esse			—			obviātus
future perfect		—			obviātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		obviātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obviandī		obviandō		obviandum		obviandō		obviātum		obviātū

Descendants

• ⇒ Megleno-Romanian: nuib, nuibari
• → Catalan: obviar
• → English: obviate
• → French: obvier
• → Galician: obviar, uviar
• → Italian: ovviare
• → Portuguese: obviar
• → Spanish: obviar

References

• “obvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obvio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

obvio

1. first-person singular present indicative of obviar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obvius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobbjo/ [ˈoβ̞.β̞jo]
  • Rhymes: -obbjo
• IPA^(key): /ˈobjo/ [ˈo.β̞jo]

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  • Rhymes: -objo
• Syllabification: ob‧vio

Adjective

obvio (feminine obvia, masculine plural obvios, feminine plural obvias)

1. obvious

   Synonym: evidente

   ¿No es obvio que no me gusta?

   Is it not obvious that I don't like it?

2. clear

   Synonym: claro

Derived terms

• obviamente

Verb

obvio

1. first-person singular present indicative of obviar

Further reading

• “obvio”, 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