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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō, probably taken as a semi-learned term.
Pronunciation
Verb
obrigar (first-person singular present obrigo, first-person singular preterite obriguei, past participle obrigado)
- (transitive) to oblige, obligate
- Synonyms: constrinxir, forzar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit oneself
- Synonym: comprometer
Conjugation
Conjugation of obrigar (g-gu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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obrigar
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| Personal
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obrigar
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obrigares
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obrigar
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obrigarmos
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obrigardes
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obrigarem
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| Gerund
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obrigando
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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obrigado
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obrigados
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| Feminine
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obrigada
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obrigadas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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obrigo
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obrigas
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obriga
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obrigamos
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obrigades, obrigais
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obrigam
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| Imperfect
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obrigava
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obrigavas
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obrigava
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obrigávamos
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obrigávades, obrigáveis, obrigávais1
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obrigavam
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| Preterite
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obriguei
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obrigaste, obrigache1
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obrigou
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obrigamos
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obrigastes
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obrigárom, obrigaram
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| Pluperfect
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obrigara
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obrigaras
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obrigara
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obrigáramos
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obrigárades, obrigáreis, obrigárais1
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obrigaram
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| Future
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obrigarei
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obrigarás
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obrigará
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obrigaremos
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obrigaredes, obrigareis
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obrigarám, obrigarão
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| Conditional
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obrigaria
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obrigarias
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obrigaria
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obrigaríamos
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obrigaríades, obrigaríeis, obrigaríais1
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obrigariam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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obrigue
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obrigues
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obrigue
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obriguemos
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obriguedes, obrigueis
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obriguem
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| Imperfect
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obrigasse
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obrigasses
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obrigasse
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obrigássemos
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obrigássedes, obrigásseis
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obrigassem
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| Future
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obrigar
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obrigares
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obrigar
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obrigarmos
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obrigardes
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obrigarem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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obriga
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obrigue
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obriguemos
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obrigade, obrigai
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obriguem
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| Negative (nom)
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nom obrigues
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nom obrigue
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nom obriguemos
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nom obriguedes, nom obrigueis
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nom obriguem
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Derived terms
References
- “obrigar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “obrig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “obrigar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “obrigar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “obrigar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “obrigar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese obrigar, from Latin obligāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term.
Pronunciation
Verb
obrigar (first-person singular present obrigo, first-person singular preterite obriguei, past participle obrigado)
- to oblige; to force; to compel; to coerce (tell someone to do something against their wills, often by using threats of violence)
- Synonyms: forçar, coagir, compelir
- (figuratively) to induce an action by leaving no other choices
A situação nos obriga a abandonar este local.- The situation leaves us with no choice but to abandon this place.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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