obtestar
Portuguese, verb/o.bi.tesˈta(ʁ)/
obtestar is spelled O-B-T-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters). Obtestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to beg, to implore, to beseech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar por testemunha”.
What does obtestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beg, to implore, to beseech
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tomar por testemunha 2. protestar 3. suplicar; instar
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 obtestar
- obtesto first-person present singular
- obtestei first-person preterite singular
- obtestado participle past
- obtestares infinitive second-person singular
- obtestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- obtestardes infinitive plural second-person
- obtestarem infinitive plural third-person
- obtestando gerund
- obtestados masculine participle past
- obtestada feminine participle past
- obtestadas feminine participle past
- obtestas indicative present second-person
- obtesta indicative present singular
- obtestamos first-person indicative plural
- obtestais indicative plural present
- obtestam indicative plural present
- obtestava first-person imperfect indicative
- obtestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obtestar?
- Brazil /o.bi.tesˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o.bi.tesˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ob.tesˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.