obedecer

From Old Galician-Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedescere, from Latin oboedīre.

obedecer (first-person singular present obedezo, first-person singular preterite obedecín, past participle obedecido)
obedecer (first-person singular present obedeço, first-person singular preterite obedecim or obedeci, past participle obedecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to obey

   Antonym: desobedecer

• desobedecer

• “obedecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Old Galician-Portuguese obedecer, from Vulgar Latin *oboedēscere, from Latin oboedīre.

• Hyphenation: o‧be‧de‧cer

obedecer (first-person singular present obedeço, first-person singular preterite obedeci, past participle obedecido)

1. obey (to do as ordered)
   • 2018, “Kanye West da Bahia”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

     Eu não abaixo a cabeça, não vou te obedecer / Ser preto de estimação não, eu prefiro morrer

     I don’t bow my head down, I won’t obey you / Be a black pet? No, I would rather die

• obediente
• obediência

Borrowed from Latin oboedire.

• IPA^(key): /obedeˈθeɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /obedeˈseɾ/ [o.β̞e.ð̞eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: o‧be‧de‧cer

obedecer (first-person singular present obedezco, first-person singular preterite obedecí, past participle obedecido)

1. (transitive) to obey

   Antonym: desobedecer

2. (intransitive, with a) to be caused by, to be due to, to be attributable to

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “oír”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 267
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ŏboedīre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 443

• “obedecer”, 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