# obscurecer
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From obscuro +‎ -ecer. Piecewise doublet of escurecer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /obs.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [obs.ku.ɾeˈse(h)], /o.bis.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [o.bis.ku.ɾeˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /obs.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [obs.ku.ɾeˈse(h)], /o.bis.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [o.bis.ku.ɾeˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /obs.ku.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/, /o.bis.ku.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /obʃ.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [obʃ.ku.ɾeˈse(χ)], /o.biʃ.ku.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [o.biʃ.ku.ɾeˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /obs.ku.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔbʃ.ku.ɾɨˈseɾ/ [ɔβʃ.ku.ɾɨˈseɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔbʃ.ku.ɾɨˈseɾ/ [ɔβʃ.ku.ɾɨˈseɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔbʃ.ku.ɾɨˈse.ɾi/ [ɔβʃ.ku.ɾɨˈse.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: obs‧cu‧re‧cer

### Verb

obscurecer (first-person singular present obscureço, first-person singular preterite obscureci, past participle obscurecido)
* (transitive) to obscure (to make obscure)
* (intransitive) to become obscure

#### Derived terms

* obscurecimento

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /obskuɾeˈθeɾ/ [oβ̞s.ku.ɾeˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /obskuɾeˈseɾ/ [oβ̞s.ku.ɾeˈseɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: obs‧cu‧re‧cer

### Verb

obscurecer (first-person singular present obscurezco, first-person singular preterite obscurecí, past participle obscurecido)
* Archaic spelling of oscurecer.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | obscurecer | obscurecer | obscurecer | obscurecer | obscurecer |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | obscureciendo | obscureciendo | obscureciendo | obscureciendo | obscureciendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | obscurecido | obscurecido | obscurecida | obscurecida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | obscurecidos | obscurecidos | obscurecidas | obscurecidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | obscurezco | obscureces$^{tú}$ obscurecés$^{vos}$ | obscurece | obscurecemos | obscurecéis | obscurecen |
| indicative | imperfect | obscurecía | obscurecías | obscurecía | obscurecíamos | obscurecíais | obscurecían |
| indicative | preterite | obscurecí | obscureciste | obscureció | obscurecimos | obscurecisteis | obscurecieron |
| indicative | future | obscureceré | obscurecerás | obscurecerá | obscureceremos | obscureceréis | obscurecerán |
| indicative | conditional | obscurecería | obscurecerías | obscurecería | obscureceríamos | obscureceríais | obscurecerían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | obscurezca | obscurezcas$^{tú}$ obscurezcás$^{vos2}$ | obscurezca | obscurezcamos | obscurezcáis | obscurezcan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | obscureciera | obscurecieras | obscureciera | obscureciéramos | obscurecierais | obscurecieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | obscureciese | obscurecieses | obscureciese | obscureciésemos | obscurecieseis | obscureciesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | obscureciere | obscurecieres | obscureciere | obscureciéremos | obscureciereis | obscurecieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | obscurece$^{tú}$ obscurecé$^{vos}$ | obscurezca | obscurezcamos | obscureced | obscurezcan |
| imperative | negative | | no obscurezcas | no obscurezca | no obscurezcamos | no obscurezcáis | no obscurezcan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “obscurecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014