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obscure

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əbˈskjʊə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əbˈskjʊr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(əb skyŏŏr′)

Inflections of 'obscure' (adj): adj superlative: obscurest

Inflections of 'obscure' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

obscurer: v 3rd person singular

obscures: v 3rd person singular

obscuring: v pres p

obscured: v past

obscured: v past p

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Inglés	Español
obscure adj	(indistinct: to the eye)	oscuro/a adj
What's that obscure shape next to that tree?
¿Qué es esa forma oscura al lado del árbol?
obscure adj	figurative (unclear: in meaning) (significado)	oscuro/a adj
The poem was so obscure I couldn't make any sense of it.
El poema era tan oscuro que no entendí de qué se trataba.
obscure adj	(not known)	incierto/a adj
oscuro/a adj
The origins of this tradition are obscure.
Los orígenes de esta tradición son inciertos.
obscure adj	(not famous)	desconocido/a adj
We listened to the album of an obscure singer from the 1960s.
Escuchamos el álbum de un desconocido cantante de los 60.
obscure [sth]⇒ vtr	(conceal)	ocultar⇒ vtr
tapar⇒ vtr
esconder⇒ vtr
They used curtains to obscure holes in the walls.
Usaban cortinas para ocultar los agujeros en la pared.
Usaban cortinas para tapar los agujeros en la pared.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
obscure writing n	(text which is hard to decipher) (figurado)	garabatos nmpl
Doctors always have obscure writing.
Los médicos siempre hacen garabatos.
(figurado)	jeroglífico nm
Los médicos siempre hacen jeroglíficos.
escritura ilegible nf + adj
Los médicos siempre tienen una escritura ilegible.
(coloquial, figurado)	letra de médico loc nom f
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Tiene letra de médico, no se entiende lo que escribe.
(MX, figurado)	letra de patas de araña loc nom fpl
Los médicos siempre tienen letra de patas de araña.
obscure writing n	(writing whose meaning is hard to discover) (figurado)	texto oscuro nm + adj
Though the philosopher was at times accused of obscure writing, his ideas still transformed his field.
Aunque a veces se lo acusaba de escribir textos oscuros, el filósofo revolucionó su campo.
texto inextricable, texto arcano nm + adj
Aunque a veces se lo acusaba de escribir textos inextricables, el filósofo revolucionó su campo.
galimatías nmpl
Aunque a veces se lo acusaba de escribir galimatías, el filósofo revolucionó su campo.
jerigonza nf
Aunque a veces se lo acusaba de escribir jerigonza, el filósofo revolucionó su campo.

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'obscure' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

abstruse - arcane - becloud - befog - beyond - black out - cloud - crabbed - Delphic - eclipse - fudge the issue - impenetrable - inner - mystical - obliterate - obscurantism - obscurantist - opaque - overgrow - recondite - redact - shadow - shroud - unclouded - urban legend

Spanish:

obscuro - oscuro - rebuscado - oscurecer - nublar - tenebrosidad - abstruso - confundir

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Synonyms: vague, indistinct, ambiguous, indeterminate, indefinite, more...

Collocations: an obscure [word, phrase, verb, dialect], obscured my [vision, sight, judgment], has an obscure meaning, more...

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and his archaic idiom is liable to obscure
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Sympathetically set forth it would tap many strange, beatiful qualities in obscure men.
To erase the line between man and machine is to obscure the line between man and gods
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