abril

See also: Abril and abríl

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m

1. April

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m (plural abrils)

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) xineru, febreru, marzu, abril, mayu, xunu, xunetu, agostu, setiembre, ochobre, payares, avientu ^{(Category: ast:Months)}

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɾil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbɾil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈbɾil]

• Audio (Valencian):

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Noun

abril m (plural abrils)

1. April
2. (poetic) spring (season)

   Synonym: primavera

3. (figuratively) youth (the state of being young)

   Synonym: joventut

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Further reading

• “abril” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abril”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “abril” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abril” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abril.

Noun

abrīl

1. April

References

• James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written (2001, Stanford University Press), page 210

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abril

Noun

abril

1. April

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes do calendario gregoriano; xaneiro, febreiro, marzo, abril, maio, xuño, xullo, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, decembro ^{(Category: gl:Months)}

Further reading

• “abril”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese abril. Cognates with Kabuverdianu abril.

Noun

abril

1. April

See also

Months of the year: janeru (“January”), fevereru (“February”), marsu (“March”), abril (“April”), maiu (“May”), junhu (“June”), juliu (“July”), agostu (“August”), setembru (“September”), otubru (“October”), novembru (“November”), dizembru (“December”).

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese abril.

Noun

abril

1. April

See also

Months of the year: janeru (“January”), febreru (“February”), marsu (“March”), abril (“April”), maiu (“May”), junhu (“June”), julhu (“July”), agostu (“August”), setenbru (“September”), otubru (“October”), novenbru (“November”), dizembru (“December”).

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Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

abril m

1. April

References

• AEDLL

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

abril m (plural abrils)

1. April (month)

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾil/

Noun

abril m

1. April
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 115 (facsimile):

     De Paſcoa no meſdabril

     At Easter in the month of April

Descendants

• Galician: abril
• Portuguese: abril, Abril
  • Kabuverdianu: abril
  • → Tetum: abríl

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abril (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abril, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈbɾil/, [ɐ.ˈβɾiɫ]
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɾiw/

  • audio (BR):

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  • Homophone: abriu
• Hyphenation: a‧bril
• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

abril m (plural abris)

1. April

Usage notes

In Brazilian Portuguese, the names of months were usually not capitalized. But in Portugal they were. The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 abolished their capitalization.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: abril
• → Tetum: abríl

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mês do calendário gregoriano; janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro ^{(Category: pt:Months)}

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾil/ [aˈβ̞ɾil]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

abril m (plural abriles)

1. April
2. (of a young person) years of age

Related terms

• abrileño

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: abril
• → Mezquital Otomi: abri
• → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: abri
• → Tagalog: Abril
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: abril

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre ^{(Category: es:Months)}

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Turkish

Alternative forms

• abrel, abrıl

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ապրիլ (april) (Western Armenian pronunciation).

Noun

abril (definite accusative abrili, plural abriller)

1. (dialectal) April

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ապրիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• “abril”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

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Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abril, from Latin aprilis.

Noun

abril

1. April

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3