obliterar
Portuguese, verb/o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/
obliterar is spelled O-B-L-I-T-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obliterar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ocultar”.
What does obliterar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to obliterate, null, erase, annihilate, destroy completely, eradicate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ocultar 2. diminuir, reduzir 3. destruir por completo, sem deixar vestígios 4. carimbar um selo
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 obliterar
- oblitero first-person present singular
- obliterei first-person preterite singular
- obliterado participle past
- obliterares infinitive second-person singular
- obliterarmos first-person infinitive plural
- obliterardes infinitive plural second-person
- obliterarem infinitive plural third-person
- obliterando gerund
- obliterados masculine participle past
- obliterada feminine participle past
- obliteradas feminine participle past
- obliteras indicative present second-person
- oblitera indicative present singular
- obliteramos first-person indicative plural
- obliterais indicative plural present
- obliteram indicative plural present
- obliterava first-person imperfect indicative
- obliteravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obliterar?
- Brazil /o.bli.teˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o.bli.teˈɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obliterar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obliterar in Portuguese?
obliterar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).