abra

See also: Abra and ábra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbɹə/, /ˈɑːbɹə/
• Rhymes: -æbɹə, -ɑːbɹə

Etymology 1

From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven.

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

Translations

narrow pass

• Finnish: sola (fi), rotko (fi), kuru (fi)

Etymology 2

From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

Translations

Dubai boat

• Finnish: abra

References

• Abra at the Phrontistery

Anagrams

• Raab, arab, ABAR, abar, Abar, arba, bara, Baar, Arab, raab

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1440. Borrowed from Old French havre, from Middle Dutch havene, from Proto-Germanic *habnō (“harvour, haven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaβɾa̝]

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. creek, inlet, bay
   • 1440, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 619:

     en todo o porto et abra desta dita uilla

     in the whole harbor and bay of said town

Derived terms

• Abrela

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Irish

Verb

abra

1. (archaic, Munster) present subjunctive analytic of abair

   Synonym: (standard) deire

Mutation

Mutated forms of abra

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abra	n-abra	habra	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅβρα (hábra).

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.bra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.bra]

Noun

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abra	abrae
genitive	abrae	abrārum
dative	abrae	abrīs
accusative	abram	abrās
ablative	abrā	abrīs
vocative	abra	abrae

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.braː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.bra]

Noun

abrā f

1. ablative singular of abra

References

• abra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "abra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/ [ˈa.βɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -abɾɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾa/ [ˈa.β̞ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French havre.

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. small bay, inlet
2. (Latin America) glade, clearing

Usage notes

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like abra, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el abra. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al abra, del abra.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un abra or una abra. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor abra, una buena abra.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el abra única, un(a) abra buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

Descendants

• → English: abra
• → Tagalog: abra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “abra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English over.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾa/, [ˈa̠bɾa̠], [ˈɑ̟bɾɑ̟]

Preposition

abra

1. over

Verb

abra

1. to cross (to go to the other side)
   • 2011, Selectabeats, Kayente, “Djoegoe Djoegoe”:

     Ei Selecta, mi granmama ben leri mi altèit, "no kosi kaiman fosi abra liba, boi".

     Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: "don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy"

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabɾa/ [ˈʔaː.bɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra
• Homophone: Abra

Noun

abra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇ) (geography)

1. cove

   Synonym: bimbing

2. gorge; precipice

   Synonyms: bangin, barangka, presipisyo

Related terms

• Abra

Further reading

• “abra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4

Anagrams

• bara

Turkish

Noun

(regional, dialectal) abra (definite accusative abrayı, plural abralar)

1. counterweight, makeweight

   Synonyms: dara, denge

Declension

Declension of abra

singular plural nominative abra abralar definite accusative abrayı abraları dative abraya abralara locative abrada abralarda ablative abradan abralardan genitive abranın abraların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular abram abralarım 2nd singular abran abraların 3rd singular abrası abraları 1st plural abramız abralarımız 2nd plural abranız abralarınız 3rd plural abraları abraları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular abramı abralarımı 2nd singular abranı abralarını 3rd singular abrasını abralarını 1st plural abramızı abralarımızı 2nd plural abranızı abralarınızı 3rd plural abralarını abralarını dative singular plural 1st singular abrama abralarıma 2nd singular abrana abralarına 3rd singular abrasına abralarına 1st plural abramıza abralarımıza 2nd plural abranıza abralarınıza 3rd plural abralarına abralarına locative singular plural 1st singular abramda abralarımda 2nd singular abranda abralarında 3rd singular abrasında abralarında 1st plural abramızda abralarımızda 2nd plural abranızda abralarınızda 3rd plural abralarında abralarında ablative singular plural 1st singular abramdan abralarımdan 2nd singular abrandan abralarından 3rd singular abrasından abralarından 1st plural abramızdan abralarımızdan 2nd plural abranızdan abralarınızdan 3rd plural abralarından abralarından genitive singular plural 1st singular abramın abralarımın 2nd singular abranın abralarının 3rd singular abrasının abralarının 1st plural abramızın abralarımızın 2nd plural abranızın abralarınızın 3rd plural abralarının abralarının

Further reading

• “abra”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu