abrazo

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See also: abrazó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abrazar (to embrace), from a + brazo (arm), from Latin bracchium.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /ɑˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /əˈbɹɑˌzoʊ/, /æˈbɹæ.θo/
  • (file)

Noun

abrazo (plural abrazos)

  1. A Latin American embrace.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrazo”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 5

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈbɾaθo/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈbɾaso/

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -aθo
  • (seseo) Rhymes: -aso

  • Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zo

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

abrazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈbɾaθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈbɾaso/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: a‧bra‧zo
  • Homophone: (Latin America) abraso

Etymology 1

Deverbal from abrazar.

Noun

abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace
    Synonyms: achuchón, estrujón
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

abrazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Further reading