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"observe" is the third person singular imperative of the verb observar. View conjugation.

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observe
[əbˈzɜːv]
verbo transitivo
1observar (watch)
2advertir (notice)
3(say)
  • to observe that… -> señalar or observar que…
4observar, acatar (law, customs)
  • to observe the Sabbath -> guardar el descanso sabático

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observe [ob-serv]
1Observar, mirar, advertir con atención.
2Observar, notar, reparar.
3Observar, guardar y cumplir exactamente lo que se ejecuta y ordena.
4Notar, expresar (una opinión, etc.) incidentalmente.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5Ser mirado o circunspecto. (Desusado) (n)
6Hacer observaciones o poner reparos. (n)
  • It is to be observed -> es de notar
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observe [əbˈzɜːv]
verb:transitive
1 (see, notice) observar; ver
I observed him steal the duck vi cómo robaba el pato
2 (watch carefully, study) observar; mirar; [+suspect] vigilar
now observe this closely ahora fijaos bien en esto
3 (remark) observar; comentar
"it looks like rain," he observed —parece que va a llover —observó comentó él;or I observed to him that ... le hice observar que ...; as Jeeves observed como observó Jeeves
4 (obey) [+rule, custom] observar; [+Sabbath, silence] guardar
failure to observe the law incumplimiento de la ley; (m)
5 [+anniversary] celebrar

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Verb Conjugation for "observe"

Imperative
  • observe
  • you observe
  • he/she observes
  • we observe
  • you observe
  • they observe
Preterite
  • I observed
  • you observed
  • he/she observed
  • we observed
  • you observed
  • they observed
Present Continuous
  • I am observing
  • you are observing
  • he/she is observing
  • we are observing
  • you are observing
  • they are observing
Present Perfect
  • I have observed
  • you have observed
  • he/she has observed
  • we have observed
  • you have observed
  • they have observed
Past Continuous
  • I was observing
  • you were observing
  • he/she was observing
  • we were observing
  • you were observing
  • they were observing
Past Perfect
  • I had observed
  • you had observed
  • he/she had observed
  • we had observed
  • you had observed
  • they had observed
Future
  • I will observe
  • you will observe
  • he/she will observe
  • we will observe
  • you will observe
  • they will observe
Future Perfect
  • I will have observed
  • you will have observed
  • he/she will have observed
  • we will have observed
  • you will have observed
  • they will have observed
Future Continuous
  • I will be observing
  • you will be observing
  • he/she will be observing
  • we will be observing
  • you will be observing
  • they will be observing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been observing
  • you have been observing
  • he/she has been observing
  • we have been observing
  • you have been observing
  • they have been observing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been observing
  • you will have been observing
  • he/she will have been observing
  • we will have been observing
  • you will have been observing
  • they will have been observing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been observing
  • you had been observing
  • he/she had been observing
  • we had been observing
  • you had been observing
  • they had been observing

observar
transitive verb
1 to observe, to watch (contemplar)
  • observaban todos sus movimientos mediante unos prismáticos -> they observed o followed all his movements through binoculars
2 to notice, to observe (advertir)
  • no se observan anomalías -> no problems have been noted
3 to observe, to respect (acatar) (ley, normas) ; to follow (conducta, costumbre)
4 to remark, to observe (comentar, señalar)
  • “eso no es totalmente cierto”, observó -> “that's not entirely true”, he remarked o pointed out

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observar [ob-ser-var’]
article & verb transitive
1 To observe (mirar), to regard attentively.
2 To observe, to notice, to mind, to heed.
3 To observe, to keep religiously or ritually, to follow.
4 To obey, to execute with punctuality and exactness.
5 to point something out to somebody. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

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observar
verbo:transitivo
1 (mirar) to observe; watch; (Astronomía) to observe
2 (notar) to see; notice
se observa una mejoría you can see detect an improvement;o observar que to observe that; notice that
3 (Latinoamérica)
observar algo a algn to point sth out to sb; draw sb's attention to sth
4 [+leyes] to observe; [+reglas] to abide by; adhere to
observar buena conducta (Perú) to behave o.s.
5 (mostrar) to show; give signs of

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Verb Conjugation for "observar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo observo observé observaba observaré observe
Tú observas observaste observabas observarás observes
Ella/Él/Usted observa observó observaba observará observe
Nosotros observamos observamos observábamos observaremos observemos
Vosotros observáis observasteis observabais observaréis observéis
Ellos/Ustedes observan observaron observaban observarán observen
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