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 ob- (“against, thwarting”) +‎ 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. to resist, withstand
2. to prevent, hinder, obviate
3. (post-Classical) to meet

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
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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obviāre			—			obviāns			—
future		obviātūrum esse			—			obviātūrus			—
perfect		obviāvisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		obviātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obviandī		obviandō		obviandum		obviandō		obviātum		obviātū

   Conjugation of obviō (first conjugation, no passive)

Related terms

• obvius

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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10