obedecer
Portuguese, verb/o.be.deˈse(ʁ)/
obedecer is spelled O-B-E-D-E-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obedecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “obey (to do as ordered)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seguir os comandos, desejos e restrições de alguém”.
What does obedecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
obey (to do as ordered)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seguir os comandos, desejos e restrições de alguém 2. (diz-se de coisas) responder corretamente a uma ação ou força
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obedecer
- obedeço first-person present singular
- obedeci first-person preterite singular
- obedecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- obedeceres infinitive second-person singular
- obedecermos first-person infinitive plural
- obedecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- obedecerem infinitive plural third-person
- obedecendo gerund
- obedecidos masculine participle past
- obedecida feminine participle past
- obedecidas feminine participle past
- obedeces indicative present second-person
- obedece indicative present singular
- obedecemos first-person indicative plural
- obedeceis indicative plural present
- obedecem indicative plural present
- obedecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obedecer?
- Brazil /o.be.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o.be.deˈse(h)]
- /o.be.deˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obedecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obedecer in Portuguese?
obedecer appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).