abrazar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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 ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Cognate with Portuguese abraçar and Spanish abrazar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβɾaˈɵaɾ/, (western) /aβɾaˈsaɾ/

Verb

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

Related terms

• abrazo

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abɾaˈθaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /abɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ]
• Homophone: abrasar

Verb

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

Derived terms

• abrazable
• abrazadera
• abrazador
• abrazo

 

Further reading

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