obstar
Portuguese, verb/obsˈta(ʁ)/
obstar is spelled O-B-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to oppose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “opor-se”.
What does obstar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to oppose
- 2
to obstruct
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. opor-se 2. (direito) servir de obstáculo; obstruir; atrapalhar
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 obstar
- obsto first-person present singular
- obstei first-person preterite singular
- obstado participle past
- obstares infinitive second-person singular
- obstarmos first-person infinitive plural
- obstardes infinitive plural second-person
- obstarem infinitive plural third-person
- obstando gerund
- obstados masculine participle past
- obstada feminine participle past
- obstadas feminine participle past
- obstas indicative present second-person
- obsta indicative present singular
- obstamos first-person indicative plural
- obstais indicative plural present
- obstam indicative plural present
- obstava first-person imperfect indicative
- obstavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstar?
- Brazil /obsˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [obsˈta(h)]
- Portugal /ɔbʃˈ.taɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obstar in Portuguese?
obstar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).