"observe" meaning in Inglés

See observe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əbˈzɜːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɒbˈzɜːv/ (raro) [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈzɝv/ [California, General-American, Canada], /əbˈzɜːv/ [Australia], /əbˈzøːv/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-observe.ogg [California, General-American, Canada]
Etymology: Del francés medio observer, del francés antiguo observer, del latín observō ('mirar'), ob- ('delante') + servō ('mantener'), del protoindoeuropeo *ser- ('guardar'). Forms: observing [impersonal, gerund], observed [impersonal, participle], observest [second-person, indicative, present, archaic], observes [third-person, singular, indicative, present], observeth [third-person, singular, indicative, present, archaic], observed [first-person, indicative, preterite], observed [second-person, indicative, preterite], observedst [second-person, indicative, preterite, archaic], observed [third-person, singular, indicative, preterite], observed [third-person, plural, indicative, preterite], have observed [first-person, indicative, compound, past], have observed [second-person, indicative, compound, past], has observed [third-person, singular, indicative, compound, past], have observed [third-person, plural, indicative, compound, past], had observed [first-person, indicative, pluperfect], had observed [second-person, indicative, pluperfect], had observed [third-person, singular, indicative, pluperfect], had observed [third-person, plural, indicative, pluperfect], will observe [first-person, indicative, future], will observe [second-person, indicative, future], will observe [third-person, singular, indicative, future], will observe [third-person, plural, indicative, future], will have observed [first-person, indicative, future, compound], will have observed [second-person, indicative, future, compound], will have observed [third-person, singular, indicative, future, compound], will have observed [third-person, plural, indicative, future, compound], would observe [first-person, conditional], would observe [second-person, conditional], would observe [third-person, singular, conditional], would observe [third-person, plural, conditional], would have observed [first-person, conditional, compound], would have observed [second-person, conditional, compound], would have observed [third-person, singular, conditional, compound], would have observed [third-person, plural, conditional, compound], observed [first-person, subjunctive, preterite], observed [second-person, subjunctive, preterite], observed [third-person, singular, subjunctive, preterite], observed [third-person, plural, subjunctive, preterite], let's observe [third-person, plural, imperative, present]
  1. Observar.
    Sense id: es-observe-en-verb-TlP4vCqi
  2. Guardar.
    Sense id: es-observe-en-verb-zshka49e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): EN:Palabras bisílabas, EN:Palabras provenientes del francés medio, EN:Verbos, EN:Verbos regulares, Inglés

Inflected forms

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          "text": "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age",
          "translation": "y enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado. Y yo estoy con vosotros todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo"
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          "ref": "Bible Matthew 28:20. Versión: New King James Version.\nTraducción: Biblia Mateo 28:20. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
          "text": "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age",
          "translation": "y enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado. Y yo estoy con vosotros todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Guardar."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈzɜːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒbˈzɜːv/ (raro)",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-observe.ogg",
      "ipa": "/əbˈzɝv/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/En-us-observe.ogg/En-us-observe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-observe.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California",
        "General-American",
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈzɜːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈzøːv/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "observe"
}

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