abrazar

• abraçar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese abraçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ brazo (“arm”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Cognate with Portuguese abraçar and Spanish abrazar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zar

abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracei, past participle abrazado)

1. (transitive or pronominal) to hug, to embrace (also metaphorically)

• abrazo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abraçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abraç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abrazar”, 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), “abrazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abrazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “abrazar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From a- +‎ brazo (“arm”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈθaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧zar
• Homophone: (Latin America) abrasar

abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracé, past participle abrazado)

1. (transitive) to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)
2. (transitive) to embrace; to adopt (a religion or way of life)
3. (reciprocal) to hug, to embrace, to cuddle, to hold (each other, one another)

• “abrazar”, 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