obedecer

From Old Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedescere, from Latin oboedīre, present active infinitive of oboediō.

obedecer (first-person singular present obedezo, first-person singular preterite obedecín, past participle obedecido)

1. to obey
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of obedecer
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of obedecer

• desobedecer

From Old Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedēscere, from Latin oboedīre.

• Hyphenation: o‧be‧de‧cer

obedecer (first-person singular present obedeço, first-person singular preterite obedeci, past participle obedecido)

1. obey (to do as ordered)

• obediente
• obediência

Borrowed from Latin oboedire.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /obedeˈθeɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /obedeˈseɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈseɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: o‧be‧de‧cer

obedecer (first-person singular present obedezco, first-person singular preterite obedecí, past participle obedecido)

1. (transitive) to obey

   Antonym: desobedecer

2. (intransitive, with a) to be caused by, to be due to, to be attributable to

• desobedecer

• obediencia
• obediente

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “oír”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 267
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “ŏboedīre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 443

• “obedecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014