# ofuscar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin offuscāre (“to darken, to obscure”), from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Compare French offusquer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.fusˈka(ʁ)/ [o.fusˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.fusˈka(ʁ)/ [o.fusˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /o.fusˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /o.fuʃˈka(ʁ)/ [o.fuʃˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.fusˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.fuʃˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.fuʃˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.fuʃˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: o‧fus‧car

### Verb

ofuscar (first-person singular present ofusco, first-person singular preterite ofusquei, past participle ofuscado)
* (transitive) to outshine

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “ofuscar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “ofuscar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “ofuscar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “ofuscar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “ofuscar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “ofuscar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin obfuscāre, from Latin ob- + fuscō (“to darken”). Compare Italian offuscare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ofusˈkaɾ/ [o.fusˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: o‧fus‧car

### Verb

ofuscar (first-person singular present ofusco, first-person singular preterite ofusqué, past participle ofuscado)
* (transitive) to obfuscate
* (transitive) to confuse
* (transitive) to wow, astonish

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | ofuscar | ofuscar | ofuscar | ofuscar | ofuscar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | ofuscando | ofuscando | ofuscando | ofuscando | ofuscando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | ofuscado | ofuscado | ofuscada | ofuscada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | ofuscados | ofuscados | ofuscadas | ofuscadas |
| | | 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 | ofusco | ofuscas$^{tú}$ ofuscás$^{vos}$ | ofusca | ofuscamos | ofuscáis | ofuscan |
| indicative | imperfect | ofuscaba | ofuscabas | ofuscaba | ofuscábamos | ofuscabais | ofuscaban |
| indicative | preterite | ofusqué | ofuscaste | ofuscó | ofuscamos | ofuscasteis | ofuscaron |
| indicative | future | ofuscaré | ofuscarás | ofuscará | ofuscaremos | ofuscaréis | ofuscarán |
| indicative | conditional | ofuscaría | ofuscarías | ofuscaría | ofuscaríamos | ofuscaríais | ofuscarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | ofusque | ofusques$^{tú}$ ofusqués$^{vos2}$ | ofusque | ofusquemos | ofusquéis | ofusquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | ofuscara | ofuscaras | ofuscara | ofuscáramos | ofuscarais | ofuscaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | ofuscase | ofuscases | ofuscase | ofuscásemos | ofuscaseis | ofuscasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | ofuscare | ofuscares | ofuscare | ofuscáremos | ofuscareis | ofuscaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | ofusca$^{tú}$ ofuscá$^{vos}$ | ofusque | ofusquemos | ofuscad | ofusquen |
| imperative | negative | | no ofusques | no ofusque | no ofusquemos | no ofusquéis | no ofusquen |
$^1$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

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