obvio

See also: óbvio and obvió

Galician

Etymology

From Latin obvius.

Adjective

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

1. obvious

Derived terms

• obviamente

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Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“on account of”) +‎ via (“road, way”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈob.u̯i.oː/, [ˈɔbu̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.vi.o/, [ˈɔbvio]

Verb

obviō (present infinitive obviāre, perfect active obviāvī, supine obviātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. I resist, withstand.
2. I prevent, hinder, obviate
3. (post-Classical) I meet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of obviō (first conjugation, active only)
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
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
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obviā	—	—	obviāte	—
	future	—	obviātō	obviātō	—	obviātōte	obviantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obviāre	obviāvisse	obviātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		obviāns	—	obviātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obviandī	obviandō	obviandum	obviandō	obviātum	obviātū

Related terms

• obvius

Descendants

• Catalan: obviar
• English: obviate
• French: obvier
• Galician: obviar
• Italian: ovviare
• Megleno-Romanian: nuib;nuib, nuibare
• 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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obvius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobjo/, [ˈo̞β̞jo̞]

Adjective

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

1. obvious, clear

   ¿No es obvio que no me gusta?

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

Derived terms

• obviamente

Verb

obvio

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of obviar.