abrazo

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

abrazo (plural abrazos)

1. A Latin American embrace. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾaθo/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.θʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aˈbɾaθo/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.θʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aˈbɾaso/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.sʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθo

• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso

• Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zo

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• abraço (reintegrationist)

Noun

abrazo m (plural abrazos)

1. hug, embrace

Related terms

• abrazar

Further reading

• “abrazo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

abrazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾaθo/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾaso/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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

• abacho
• abracito
• abrazote

Related terms

• abracijo

Etymology 2

Verb

abrazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Further reading

• “abrazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025