abrazar

Galician

Alternative forms

• abraçar (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abraçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ brazo (“arm”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, present active infinitive of *adbracchiō, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Cognate with Portuguese abraçar and Spanish abrazar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zar

Verb

abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracei, past participle abrazado)

1. (transitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to hug, to embrace (also metaphorically)

Conjugation

Related terms

• abrazo

References

• “abraçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abraç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abrazar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abrazar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abrazar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ brazo (“arm”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abɾaˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /abɾaˈsaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧zar
• Homophone: (Latin America) abrasar

Verb

abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracé, past participle abrazado)

1. (transitive) to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)
2. (transitive) to embrace; to adopt (a religion or way of life)
3. (reciprocal) to hug, to embrace, to cuddle, to hold (each other, one another)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “abrazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014