obcecación
Spanish, noun/obθekaˈθjon/
obcecación is spelled O-B-C-E-C-A-C-I-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obcecación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stubbornness, willful blindness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ofuscamiento tenaz y persistente”.
What does obcecación mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestubbornness, willful blindness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ofuscamiento tenaz y persistente. 2. Arrebato y obcecación. 3. Incapacidad de razonar para comprender un concepto o situación manteniéndose siempre con la misma idea o propósito; confusión mental obsesiva.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obcecación
- obcecaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obcecación?
- /obθekaˈθjon/
- [oβ̞.θe.kaˈθjõn]
- /obsekaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obcecación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obcecación in Spanish?
obcecación appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).