abarcar

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Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaɾˈka(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar

  1. to dodge

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre (later contracted to *abbraccāre in Proto-Romance), from Latin bracchium (arm).

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  • Hyphenation: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarquei, past participle abarcado)

  1. to encompass (include)
    Synonyms: englobar, compreender

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Spanish

Etymology

From a variant of abracar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaɾˈkaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarqué, past participle abarcado)

  1. (transitive) to embrace (to hold with the arms)
  2. (transitive) to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span
    Synonyms: englobar, incluir, comprender
    • 2022 January 24, Aintzane Gardoki, “Los gorros que empoderan a las mujeres de Baltistán”, in El País:
      En 2017, el porcentaje de niñas fuera de la escuela alcanzó el 50% en la región que comprende al valle de Hushé, que abarca ocho comunidades.
      In 2017, the percentage of girls out of school reached 50% in the region that comprises the Hushe Valley, which includes eight communities.
  3. (transitive) to take in (a sight)
  4. (transitive) to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task)
  5. (transitive, Latin America) to monopolize, to corner
    Synonym: acaparar

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