obviar
Spanish, verb/oˈbjaɾ/
obviar is spelled O-B-V-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obviar is a Spanish verb meaning “to avoid; to get round; to get out of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Neutralizar o suprimir un obstáculo o inconveniente al ignorarlo, apartarlo, quitarlo etc”.
What does obviar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to avoid; to get round; to get out of
obviar su mirada
- 2
to obviate
- 3
to ignore; to flout
obviar la norma
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Neutralizar o suprimir un obstáculo o inconveniente al ignorarlo, apartarlo, quitarlo etc.
verb: 1. Obstar.
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 obviar
- obvio first-person present singular
- obvié first-person preterite singular
- obviado participle past
- obviando gerund
- obviada feminine participle past
- obviados masculine participle past
- obviadas feminine participle past
- obvias indicative informal present
- obviás indicative informal present
- obvia indicative present singular
- obviamos first-person indicative plural
- obviáis indicative plural present
- obvian indicative plural present
- obviaba first-person imperfect indicative
- obviabas imperfect indicative second-person
- obviábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- obviabais imperfect indicative plural
- obviaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obviar?
- /oˈbjaɾ/
- [oˈβ̞jaɾ]
- [oβ̞ˈbjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obviar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obviar in Spanish?
obviar appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).