obsedir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French obséder, from Latin obsideō (“I sit, I remain”).

Verb

obsedir (first-person singular present obsedeixo, first-person singular preterite obsedí, past participle obsedit)

1. (transitive) to obsess

   Synonym: obsessionar

   • 2016 February 20, Ignasi Aragay, “"Los catalanes hacen cosas"”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     Fa temps que m'obsedeix la frase reveladora de Rajoy: "Los catalanes hacen cosas". Com si fóssim uns espanyols peculiars, excèntrics. No ja perquè parlem un altre idioma, sinó perquè som actius.

     For a while I've been obsessed with the revealing phrase from Rajoy, "The Catalans do things." As if we were some peculiar Spaniards, eccentrics. Not because we speak another language but rather because we are active.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of obsedir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			obsedir
gerund			obsedint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		obsedit		obsedida
		plural		obsedits		obsedides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obsedeixo	obsedeixes	obsedeix	obsedim	obsediu	obsedeixen
	imperfect	obsedia	obsedies	obsedia	obsedíem	obsedíeu	obsedien
	future	obsediré	obsediràs	obsedirà	obsedirem	obsedireu	obsediran
	preterite	obsedí	obsedires	obsedí	obsedírem	obsedíreu	obsediren
	conditional	obsediria	obsediries	obsediria	obsediríem	obsediríeu	obsedirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	obsedeixi	obsedeixis	obsedeixi	obsedim	obsediu	obsedeixin
	imperfect	obsedís	obsedissis	obsedís	obsedíssim	obsedíssiu	obsedissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	obsedeix	obsedeixi	obsedim	obsediu	obsedeixin
	negative (no)	—	no obsedeixis	no obsedeixi	no obsedim	no obsediu	no obsedeixin

Further reading

• “obsedir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024