obsequiar

Catalan

Etymology

From obsequi +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [up.sə.kiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [op.sə.kiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [op.se.kiˈaɾ]

• Audio (Central):

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Verb

obsequiar (first-person singular present obsequio, first-person singular preterite obsequií, past participle obsequiat)

1. (transitive) to lavish with attention, to compliment, to court
2. (ditransitive) to gift, to present

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obsequiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			obsequiar
gerund			obsequiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obsequiat		obsequiada
		plural		obsequiats		obsequiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obsequio	obsequies	obsequia	obsequiem	obsequieu	obsequien
	imperfect	obsequiava	obsequiaves	obsequiava	obsequiàvem	obsequiàveu	obsequiaven
	future	obsequiaré	obsequiaràs	obsequiarà	obsequiarem	obsequiareu	obsequiaran
	preterite	obsequií	obsequiares	obsequià	obsequiàrem	obsequiàreu	obsequiaren
	conditional	obsequiaria	obsequiaries	obsequiaria	obsequiaríem	obsequiaríeu	obsequiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obsequiï	obsequiïs	obsequiï	obsequiem	obsequieu	obsequiïn
	imperfect	obsequiés	obsequiessis	obsequiés	obsequiéssim	obsequiéssiu	obsequiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	obsequia	obsequiï	obsequiem	obsequieu	obsequiïn
	negative (no)	—	no obsequiïs	no obsequiï	no obsequiem	no obsequieu	no obsequiïn

Derived terms

• obsequiador

Further reading

• “obsequiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From obséquio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [ob.ze.kɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [ob.zeˈkja(h)], /o.bi.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [o.bi.ze.kɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [o.bi.zeˈkja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [ob.ze.kɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [ob.zeˈkja(h)], /o.bi.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [o.bi.ze.kɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [o.bi.zeˈkja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈa(ɾ)/ [ob.ze.kɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkja(ɾ)/, /o.bi.ze.kiˈa(ɾ)/ [o.bi.ze.kɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.zeˈkja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [ob.ze.kɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [ob.zeˈkja(χ)], /o.bi.ze.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [o.bi.ze.kɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /o.bi.zeˈkja(ʁ)/ [o.bi.zeˈkja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈa(ɻ)/ [ob.ze.kɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bzɨˈkjaɾ/ [ɔ.βzɨˈkjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bzɨˈkjaɾ/ [ɔ.βzɨˈkjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bzɨˈkja.ɾi/ [ɔ.βzɨˈkja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ob‧se‧qui‧ar

Verb

obsequiar (first-person singular present obsequio, first-person singular preterite obsequiei, past participle obsequiado)

1. (transitive) to gift

   Synonym: presentear

2. (transitive) to do a favour to, to be kind to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obsequiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	obsequiar
Personal	obsequiar	obsequiares	obsequiar	obsequiarmos	obsequiardes	obsequiarem
Gerund
	obsequiando
Past participle
Masculine	obsequiado			obsequiados
Feminine	obsequiada			obsequiadas
Indicative
Present	obsequio	obsequias	obsequia	obsequiamos	obsequiais	obsequiam
Imperfect	obsequiava	obsequiavas	obsequiava	obsequiávamos	obsequiáveis	obsequiavam
Preterite	obsequiei	obsequiaste	obsequiou	obsequiamos1, obsequiámos2	obsequiastes	obsequiaram
Pluperfect	obsequiara	obsequiaras	obsequiara	obsequiáramos	obsequiáreis	obsequiaram
Future	obsequiarei	obsequiarás	obsequiará	obsequiaremos	obsequiareis	obsequiarão
Conditional	obsequiaria	obsequiarias	obsequiaria	obsequiaríamos	obsequiaríeis	obsequiariam
Subjunctive
Present	obsequie	obsequies	obsequie	obsequiemos	obsequieis	obsequiem
Imperfect	obsequiasse	obsequiasses	obsequiasse	obsequiássemos	obsequiásseis	obsequiassem
Future	obsequiar	obsequiares	obsequiar	obsequiarmos	obsequiardes	obsequiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		obsequia	obsequie	obsequiemos	obsequiai	obsequiem
Negative (não)		não obsequies	não obsequie	não obsequiemos	não obsequieis	não obsequiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• obsequiador

Further reading

• “obsequiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “obsequiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From obsequio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obseˈkjaɾ/ [oβ̞.seˈkjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ob‧se‧quiar

Verb

obsequiar (first-person singular present obsequio, first-person singular preterite obsequié, past participle obsequiado)

1. (transitive) to present, to gift

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obsequiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			obsequiar
gerund			obsequiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obsequiado		obsequiada
		plural		obsequiados		obsequiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obsequio	obsequiastú obsequiásvos	obsequia	obsequiamos	obsequiáis	obsequian
	imperfect	obsequiaba	obsequiabas	obsequiaba	obsequiábamos	obsequiabais	obsequiaban
	preterite	obsequié	obsequiaste	obsequió	obsequiamos	obsequiasteis	obsequiaron
	future	obsequiaré	obsequiarás	obsequiará	obsequiaremos	obsequiaréis	obsequiarán
	conditional	obsequiaría	obsequiarías	obsequiaría	obsequiaríamos	obsequiaríais	obsequiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	obsequie	obsequiestú obsequiésvos2	obsequie	obsequiemos	obsequiéis	obsequien
	imperfect (ra)	obsequiara	obsequiaras	obsequiara	obsequiáramos	obsequiarais	obsequiaran
	imperfect (se)	obsequiase	obsequiases	obsequiase	obsequiásemos	obsequiaseis	obsequiasen
	future1	obsequiare	obsequiares	obsequiare	obsequiáremos	obsequiareis	obsequiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		obsequiatú obsequiávos	obsequie	obsequiemos	obsequiad	obsequien
	negative		no obsequies	no obsequie	no obsequiemos	no obsequiéis	no obsequien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of obsequiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive obsequiar	dative	obsequiarme	obsequiarte	obsequiarle, obsequiarse	obsequiarnos	obsequiaros	obsequiarles, obsequiarse
	accusative	obsequiarme	obsequiarte	obsequiarlo, obsequiarla, obsequiarse	obsequiarnos	obsequiaros	obsequiarlos, obsequiarlas, obsequiarse
with gerund obsequiando	dative	obsequiándome	obsequiándote	obsequiándole, obsequiándose	obsequiándonos	obsequiándoos	obsequiándoles, obsequiándose
	accusative	obsequiándome	obsequiándote	obsequiándolo, obsequiándola, obsequiándose	obsequiándonos	obsequiándoos	obsequiándolos, obsequiándolas, obsequiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative obsequia	dative	obséquiame	obséquiate	obséquiale	obséquianos	not used	obséquiales
	accusative	obséquiame	obséquiate	obséquialo, obséquiala	obséquianos	not used	obséquialos, obséquialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative obsequiá	dative	obsequiame	obsequiate	obsequiale	obsequianos	not used	obsequiales
	accusative	obsequiame	obsequiate	obsequialo, obsequiala	obsequianos	not used	obsequialos, obsequialas
with formal second-person singular imperative obsequie	dative	obséquieme	not used	obséquiele, obséquiese	obséquienos	not used	obséquieles
	accusative	obséquieme	not used	obséquielo, obséquiela, obséquiese	obséquienos	not used	obséquielos, obséquielas
with first-person plural imperative obsequiemos	dative	not used	obsequiémoste	obsequiémosle	obsequiémonos	obsequiémoos	obsequiémosles
	accusative	not used	obsequiémoste	obsequiémoslo, obsequiémosla	obsequiémonos	obsequiémoos	obsequiémoslos, obsequiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obsequiad	dative	obsequiadme	not used	obsequiadle	obsequiadnos	obsequiaos	obsequiadles
	accusative	obsequiadme	not used	obsequiadlo, obsequiadla	obsequiadnos	obsequiaos	obsequiadlos, obsequiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obsequien	dative	obséquienme	not used	obséquienle	obséquiennos	not used	obséquienles, obséquiense
	accusative	obséquienme	not used	obséquienlo, obséquienla	obséquiennos	not used	obséquienlos, obséquienlas, obséquiense

Further reading

• “obsequiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024