abrazar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- abraçar (Reintegrationist)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese abraçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- + brazo (“arm”) + -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, present active infinitive of *adbracchiō, from Latin ad- + bracchium + -o.
Cognate with Portuguese abraçar and Spanish abrazar.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zar
Verb edit
abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracei, past participle abrazado)
- (transitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to hug, to embrace (also metaphorically)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of abrazar (c-z alternation)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “abraçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “abraç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “abrazar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “abrazar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “abrazar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From a- + brazo (“arm”) + -ar. Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- + bracchium + -o.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /abɾaˈθaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /abɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧bra‧zar
- Homophone: (Latin America) abrasar
Verb edit
abrazar (first-person singular present abrazo, first-person singular preterite abracé, past participle abrazado)
- (transitive) to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)
- (transitive) to embrace; to adopt (a religion or way of life)
- (reciprocal) to hug, to embrace, to cuddle, to hold (each other, one another)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of abrazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of abrazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “abrazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014