obturar
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== 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)
to block
==== Conjugation ====
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin obtūrāre. Compare the doublet aturar.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
obturar (first-person singular present obturo, first-person singular preterite obturei, past participle obturado)
to block, clog, obturate
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“obturar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“obturar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin obtūrāre. Compare the doublet atorar, borrowed from Old Occitan.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /obtuˈɾaɾ/ [oβ̞.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ob‧tu‧rar
=== Verb ===
obturar (first-person singular present obturo, first-person singular preterite obturé, past participle obturado)
(transitive) to block, clog, plug
Synonyms: atascar, atorar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“obturar”, 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