obscurecer

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word obscurecer. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word obscurecer, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say obscurecer in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word obscurecer you have here. The definition of the word obscurecer will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofobscurecer, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Portuguese

Etymology

From obscuro +‎ -ecer. Piecewise doublet of escurecer.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: obs‧cu‧re‧cer

Verb

obscurecer (first-person singular present obscureço, first-person singular preterite obscureci, past participle obscurecido)

  1. (transitive) to obscure (to make obscure)
  2. (intransitive) to become obscure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obscurecer (c-ç alternation) (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 obscurecer
Personal obscurecer obscureceres obscurecer obscurecermos obscurecerdes obscurecerem
Gerund
obscurecendo
Past participle
Masculine obscurecido obscurecidos
Feminine obscurecida obscurecidas
Indicative
Present obscureço obscureces obscurece obscurecemos obscureceis obscurecem
Imperfect obscurecia obscurecias obscurecia obscurecíamos obscurecíeis obscureciam
Preterite obscureci obscureceste obscureceu obscurecemos obscurecestes obscureceram
Pluperfect obscurecera obscureceras obscurecera obscurecêramos obscurecêreis obscureceram
Future obscurecerei obscurecerás obscurecerá obscureceremos obscurecereis obscurecerão
Conditional obscureceria obscurecerias obscureceria obscureceríamos obscureceríeis obscureceriam
Subjunctive
Present obscureça obscureças obscureça obscureçamos obscureçais obscureçam
Imperfect obscurecesse obscurecesses obscurecesse obscurecêssemos obscurecêsseis obscurecessem
Future obscurecer obscureceres obscurecer obscurecermos obscurecerdes obscurecerem
Imperative
Affirmative obscurece obscureça obscureçamos obscurecei obscureçam
Negative (não) não obscureças não obscureça não obscureçamos não obscureçais não obscureçam

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /obskuɾeˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /obskuɾeˈseɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: obs‧cu‧re‧cer

Verb

obscurecer (first-person singular present obscurezco, first-person singular preterite obscurecí, past participle obscurecido)

  1. Archaic spelling of oscurecer.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obscurecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive obscurecer
gerund obscureciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular obscurecido obscurecida
plural obscurecidos obscurecidas
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 obscurezco obscurecestú
obscurecésvos 		obscurece obscurecemos obscurecéis obscurecen
imperfect obscurecía obscurecías obscurecía obscurecíamos obscurecíais obscurecían
preterite obscurecí obscureciste obscureció obscurecimos obscurecisteis obscurecieron
future obscureceré obscurecerás obscurecerá obscureceremos obscureceréis obscurecerán
conditional obscurecería obscurecerías obscurecería obscureceríamos obscureceríais obscurecerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present obscurezca obscurezcastú
obscurezcásvos2 		obscurezca obscurezcamos obscurezcáis obscurezcan
imperfect
(ra) 		obscureciera obscurecieras obscureciera obscureciéramos obscurecierais obscurecieran
imperfect
(se) 		obscureciese obscurecieses obscureciese obscureciésemos obscurecieseis obscureciesen
future1 obscureciere obscurecieres obscureciere obscureciéremos obscureciereis obscurecieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative obscurecetú
obscurecévos 		obscurezca obscurezcamos obscureced obscurezcan
negative no obscurezcas no obscurezca no obscurezcamos no obscurezcáis no obscurezcan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of obscurecer (c-zc alternation)

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 obscurecer
dative obscurecerme obscurecerte obscurecerle, obscurecerse obscurecernos obscureceros obscurecerles, obscurecerse
accusative obscurecerme obscurecerte obscurecerlo, obscurecerla, obscurecerse obscurecernos obscureceros obscurecerlos, obscurecerlas, obscurecerse
with gerund obscureciendo
dative obscureciéndome obscureciéndote obscureciéndole, obscureciéndose obscureciéndonos obscureciéndoos obscureciéndoles, obscureciéndose
accusative obscureciéndome obscureciéndote obscureciéndolo, obscureciéndola, obscureciéndose obscureciéndonos obscureciéndoos obscureciéndolos, obscureciéndolas, obscureciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative obscurece
dative obscuréceme obscurécete obscurécele obscurécenos not used obscuréceles
accusative obscuréceme obscurécete obscurécelo, obscurécela obscurécenos not used obscurécelos, obscurécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative obscurecé
dative obscureceme obscurecete obscurecele obscurecenos not used obscureceles
accusative obscureceme obscurecete obscurecelo, obscurecela obscurecenos not used obscurecelos, obscurecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative obscurezca
dative obscurézcame not used obscurézcale, obscurézcase obscurézcanos not used obscurézcales
accusative obscurézcame not used obscurézcalo, obscurézcala, obscurézcase obscurézcanos not used obscurézcalos, obscurézcalas
with first-person plural imperative obscurezcamos
dative not used obscurezcámoste obscurezcámosle obscurezcámonos obscurezcámoos obscurezcámosles
accusative not used obscurezcámoste obscurezcámoslo, obscurezcámosla obscurezcámonos obscurezcámoos obscurezcámoslos, obscurezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative obscureced
dative obscurecedme not used obscurecedle obscurecednos obscureceos obscurecedles
accusative obscurecedme not used obscurecedlo, obscurecedla obscurecednos obscureceos obscurecedlos, obscurecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative obscurezcan
dative obscurézcanme not used obscurézcanle obscurézcannos not used obscurézcanles, obscurézcanse
accusative obscurézcanme not used obscurézcanlo, obscurézcanla obscurézcannos not used obscurézcanlos, obscurézcanlas, obscurézcanse

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia