obstar
[oβ̞sˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“obstar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner dificultades o impedimentos para la consecución de una tarea.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obstar · obstar · Spanish
obstar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oβ̞sˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “obstar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
obstar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [oβ̞sˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poner dificultades o impedimentos para la consecución de una tarea.".
obstar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is obstar, spelled O-B-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner dificultades o impedimentos para la consecución de una tarea.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.