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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (to comply with)
a. to obey Es un niño bien educado; siempre obedece a su madre. He's a well-behaved child; he always obeys his mother.
2. (because of)
a. to be due to El viento obedece a una tormenta que se acerca. The wind is due to a storm that is approaching.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 3. (to comply with)
a. to obey Tienes que aprender a obedecer sin replicar. You have to learn to obey without talking back.
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obedecer
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (general)
a. obedecer a alguien to obey somebody
obedece a tu madre obey your mother, do as o what your mother tells you
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 2. (acatar)
a. to obey, to do as one is told hacerse obedecer to command obedience
3. (estar motivado)
a. obedecer a to be due to
una actitud que sólo obedece al miedo an attitude which is due entirely to fear
4. (responder)
a. to respond las piernas no me obedecían my legs wouldn't do what I wanted them to
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obedecer
transitive verb
intransitive verb
1 [+persona, norma] to obey obedecer a algn to obey sb; do as sb says
2 (deberse) obedecer a algo to be due to sth; los síntomas obedecen a una reacción alérgica the symptoms are due to an allergic reaction; su viaje obedece a dos motivos there are two reasons for his journey; his journey is due to two reasons; obedecer al hecho de que ... to be due to ...; arise from ...
3 [+mecanismo] to respond el volante no me obedecía the steering wheel did not respond
no conseguía que la máquina obedeciera sus instrucciones
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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