obedecer
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedescere, from Latin oboedīre.
=== Verb ===
obedecer (first-person singular present obedezo, first-person singular preterite obedecín, past participle obedecido)
obedecer (first-person singular present obedeço, first-person singular preterite obedecim or obedeci, past participle obedecido, reintegrationist norm)
to obey
Antonym: desobedecer
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
desobedecer
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=== Further reading ===
“obedecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedēscere, from Latin oboedīre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: o‧be‧de‧cer
=== Verb ===
obedecer (first-person singular present obedeço, first-person singular preterite obedeci, past participle obedecido)
obey (to do as ordered)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
obediente
obediência
=== Further reading ===
“obedecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“obedecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin oboedire.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /obedeˈθeɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /obedeˈseɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: o‧be‧de‧cer
=== Verb ===
obedecer (first-person singular present obedezco, first-person singular preterite obedecí, past participle obedecido)
(transitive) to obey
Antonym: desobedecer
(intransitive, with a) to be caused by, to be due to, to be attributable to
==== Conjugation ====
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=== References ===
Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “oír”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 267
Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “ŏboedīre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 443
=== Further reading ===
“obedecer”, 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