obturar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /op.tuˈɾa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /up.tuˈɾa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /op.tuˈɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Homophone: obturà

Verb

obturar (first-person singular present obturo, past participle obturat)

  1. to block
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana:
      Només aquella mar freda, com sempre, obturada per núvols distants.
      Only that cold sea, as always, blocked by distant clouds.

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtūrāre, present active infinitive of obtūrō. Compare the doublet aturar.

Verb

obturar (first-person singular present indicative obturo, past participle obturado)

  1. to block, clog, obturate

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obtūrāre, present active infinitive of obtūrō. Compare the doublet atorar, borrowed from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obtuˈɾaɾ/, [oβt̪uˈɾaɾ]

Verb

obturar (first-person singular present obturo, first-person singular preterite obturé, past participle obturado)

  1. to block; to clog

Conjugation

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