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obrigar to oblige; to force; to compel; to coerce (tell someone to do something against their wills, often by using threats of violence); to induce an action by leaving no other choices

obrigar is the #249 most common word in Portuguese, a verb. It means “to oblige; to force; to compel; to coerce (tell someone to do something against their wills, often by using threats of violence); to induce an action by leaving no other choices” and is pronounced /o.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/.

#249frequency rank
0.04%of everyday Portuguese text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of obrigar

FormWhat it isMeaning
obrigoI · presentI oblige
obrigueiI · pastI obliged
obrigadopast participleobliged
obrigarinfinitiveto oblige
obrigarI · infinitiveto oblige
obrigaresyou · infinitiveto oblige
obrigarhe/she · infinitiveto oblige
obrigarmoswe · infinitiveto oblige
obrigardesyou (pl.) · infinitiveto oblige
obrigaremthey · infinitiveto oblige
obrigando-ing formobliging
obrigadosingular · past participleobliged
obrigadosplural · past participleobliged
obrigadasingular · past participleobliged
obrigadasplural · past participleobliged
obrigasyou · presentyou oblige
obrigahe/she · presenthe/she obliges
obrigamoswe · presentwe oblige
obrigaisyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) oblige
obrigamthey · presentthey oblige
obrigavaI · imperfectI used to oblige
obrigavasyou · imperfectyou used to oblige
obrigavahe/she · imperfecthe/she used to oblige
obrigávamoswe · imperfectwe used to oblige
obrigáveisyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to oblige
obrigavamthey · imperfectthey used to oblige
obrigasteyou · pastyou obliged
obrigouhe/she · pasthe/she obliged
obrigamoswe · pastwe obliged
obrigámoswe · pastwe obliged
obrigastesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) obliged
obrigaramthey · pastthey obliged
obrigaraI · past perfectI had obliged
obrigarasyou · past perfectyou had obliged
obrigarahe/she · past perfecthe/she had obliged
obrigáramoswe · past perfectwe had obliged
obrigáreisyou (pl.) · past perfectyou (pl.) had obliged
obrigaramthey · past perfectthey had obliged
obrigareiI · futureI will oblige
obrigarásyou · futureyou will oblige
obrigaráhe/she · futurehe/she will oblige
obrigaremoswe · futurewe will oblige
obrigareisyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will oblige
obrigarãothey · futurethey will oblige
obrigariaI · conditionalI would oblige
obrigariasyou · conditionalyou would oblige
obrigariahe/she · conditionalhe/she would oblige
obrigaríamoswe · conditionalwe would oblige

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