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Spanish
Etymology
Contracted from Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre, a verb based on Latin bracchium (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abɾaˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧bra‧car
Verb
abracar (first-person singular present abraco, first-person singular preterite abraqué, past participle abracado)
- (transitive, Central America) to hug, to embrace
- Synonym: abrazar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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