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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesobligar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /o.βliˈɣaɾ/
"Las circunstancias van a obligar a tomar una decisión."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To bind legally or morally; to compel or constrain someone to do something.
"The contract will obligate the company to deliver the goods within thirty days."
- 1
Restricted to a particular way of life or set of conditions, especially in biology.
"The tapeworm is an obligate parasite that cannot survive outside a host."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'obligatus', past participle of 'obligare', meaning 'to bind, tie up, or obligate'. Entering English in the late Middle Ages, the term originally carried a legal and moral sense of binding someone to a duty, later evolving in biological contexts to describe organisms restricted to a specific mode of life.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Obligate" is said worldwide
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obliger
Transliteration: /ɔ.bli.ʒe/
"Cette loi va obliger les employeurs à agir."
verpflichten
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈpflɪçtn̩/
"Der Vertrag wird sie verpflichten, pünktlich zu zahlen."
obbligare
Transliteration: /ob.bliˈɡa.re/
"Questo documento ti obbliga a rispettare le regole."
obligar
Transliteration: /o.βliˈɣaɾ/
"Las circunstancias van a obligar a tomar una decisión."
obrigar
Transliteration: /o.bɾiˈɡaɾ/
"As regras podem obrigar a uma mudança de planos."
बाध्य करना
Transliteration: badhya karna
"यह अनुबंध आपको नियमों का पालन करने के लिए बाध्य करता है।"
使承担义务
Transliteration: shǐ chéngdān yìwù
"这项合同将迫使他们履行承诺。"
의무를 지우다
Transliteration: uimureul jiuda
"계약은 그들에게 특정 조건을 이행할 의무를 지운다."
義務付ける
Transliteration: gimudzukeru
"法律はこの手続きを行うことを義務付けています。"
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