abra

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

From Spanish abra.^[1] Doublet of haven.

abra (plural abras)

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).

abra (plural abras)

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

• Abra at the Phrontistery

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaβɾa̝]

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

• Abrela

• 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

abra

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

abra

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

   Synonym: (standard) deire

From Ancient Greek ἅβρα (hábra).

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

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

First-declension noun.

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

abrā f

1. ablative singular of abra

• 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)

• Rhymes: -abɾɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra

abra

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾa/ [ˈa.β̞ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra

Borrowed from French havre.

abra f (plural abras)

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

• 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.

• → English: abra
• → Tagalog: abra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abra

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

• “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], 10 December 2024

From English over.

• IPA^(key): /abɾa/, [a̠bɾa̠], [ɑ̟bɾɑ̟]

abra

1. over

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"

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.

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

abra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇ) (geography)

1. cove

   Synonym: bimbing

2. gorge; precipice

   Synonyms: bangin, barangka, presipisyo

• “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

• bara

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

1. counterweight, makeweight

   Synonyms: dara, denge

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