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No. 12,740 in Spanish

obviar

To avoid or overlook.

In a sentence

  • Es importante no obviar los detalles en una investigación.

    It is important not to overlook the details in an investigation.

    In this sentence, 'obviar' is used in the sense of 'overlooking' or 'ignoring' something important.

  • Decidió obviar las críticas y continuar con su trabajo.

    He decided to ignore the criticism and continue with his work.

    Here, 'obviar' is utilized to imply ignoring or disregarding comments or judgments.

  • Podemos obviar esa parte del informe ya que no es relevante para nuestra discusión.

    We can skip that part of the report as it is not relevant to our discussion.

    In this context, 'obviar' is used to mean skipping or intentionally leaving out something.

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