abrazo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /ɑˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /əˈbɹɑˌzoʊ/, /æˈbɹæ.θo/[1][2]

Noun[edit]

abrazo (plural abrazos)

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

References[edit]

  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 [1909], →ISBN), page 5

Galician[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace

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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈbɾaθo/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈbɾaso/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.so]
  • Audio:(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: a‧bra‧zo
  • Homophone: (Latin America) abraso

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from abrazar.

Noun[edit]

abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace
    Synonyms: achuchón, estrujón
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

abrazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Further reading[edit]

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