obviarverb
Obviar means to omit, to avoid or to overlook in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as obviando, obvian and obviamos.
- to omit
- to avoid
- to overlook
Es mejor obviar ese tema hoy.
It is better to skip that topic today.
No quiero obviar ese problema.
I do not want to overlook that problem.
Podemos obviar esta parte y seguir.
We can skip this part and continue.
Podemos obviar el problema por ahora.
We can overlook the problem for now.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| obviando | Gerund | |
| obvian | they | Present |
| obviamos | we | Present or preterite |
| obviaron | they | Preterite |
| obviaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| obvien | they | Present subjunctive |
| obviaban | they | Imperfect |
| obviemos | we | Present subjunctive |
| obviara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| obviaran | they | Past subjunctive |
| obvié | I | Preterite |