abrir

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾiɾ/,
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧brir

Verb

abrir

1. to open

Conjugation

Related terms

• abiertu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abrir, from Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Verb

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrín, past participle aberto)
abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrim or abri, past participle aberto, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to open
2. (intransitive, weather) to clear up
3. (intransitive) to dawn

Conjugation

Derived terms

• abrente
• reabrir

References

• “abrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abrir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “abrir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “abrir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aperīre (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“of; from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɾiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ

Verb

abrir

1. to open

Related terms

• aberto

Descendants

• Fala: abril
• Galician: abrir
• Portuguese: abrir

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "abrir"

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abrir, from Latin aperīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, from”) + *wer-iō (“open”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧brir

Verb

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abri, past participle aberto)

1. (transitive) to open
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

2. (transitive, card games, poker) to deal (a card)

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “abrir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin aperīre. Compare English apricate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾiɾ/

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧brir

Verb

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrí, past participle abierto)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to open, open up

   Antonym: cerrar

   Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge. ― Please open the window, George.

2. (transitive) to unlock

   Abro la cerradura.

   I unlock the lock.

3. (transitive) to turn on

   Abrió la llave.

   He turned on the faucet.

4. (transitive) to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.)
5. (transitive) to crack, crack open, to pop (e.g., a safe, a bottle, a coconut)
6. (transitive) to break, break open, (new ground, a game, etc.); to break out (e.g., champagne); to breach
7. (transitive) to spread (one's legs, arms, fingers)
8. (transitive, figurative) to answer (the door)
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to open up (to become communicative)

   Lo único que le hizo abrirse a ella fue un beso.

   The only thing that made him open up to her was a kiss.

10. (reflexive, slang) to leave, go away
11. (Latin America, reflexive) to withdraw, back out of

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Noun

abrir m (plural abrires)

1. the act of opening

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• barrí