abrasar

• abrasir

From a- +‎ brasa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βɾəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bɾəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bɾaˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasí, past participle abrasat)

1. (transitive) to burn up, to sear
2. (pronominal) to burn up

   abrasar-se d’amor ― to burn with love

• abrusar

• “abrasar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

By surface analysis, a- +‎ brasa (“embers”) +‎ -ar. From Old Galician-Portuguese abrasar.

• IPA^(key): [aβɾaˈsaɾ]

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasei, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn

   Synonym: queimar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 626:

     Et por nihũa maneyra nõ querem leyxar esta çidade ata que aiã tomada et abrasada et destroýda et maltreyta, et justiça de nós feyta a seu prazer.

     And in no way will they release this city until they have it, conquered and burnt and destroyed and battered, and they make their justice on us as they please

2. (transitive) to parch

   Synonym: torrar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abrasar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abras”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abrasar”, 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), “abrasar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “abrasar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abrasar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Compare Spanish abrazar.

• IPA^(key): /abraˈsar/

abrasar

1. to embrace

From Old Galician-Portuguese abrasar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ brasa (“ember”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bra‧sar

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasei, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (transitive) to parch

• “abrasar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abrasar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “abrasar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abrasar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “abrasar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “abrasar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From brasa (“hot coals”), of unknown etymology.

• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧sar
• Homophone: (Latin America) abrazar

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasé, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn

   Synonym: quemar

2. (transitive) to parch
3. (transitive) to squander or waste money

   Synonym: malbaratar

• “abrasar”, 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