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abrazo

See also: abrazó

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish abrazar (“to embrace”), from a + brazo (“arm”), from Latin bracchium.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /ɑˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /əˈbɹɑˌzoʊ/, /æˈbɹæ.θo/[1][2]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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abrazo (plural abrazos)

  1. A Latin American embrace. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrazo”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈbɾaθo/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.θʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈbɾaso/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.sʊ]

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧bra‧zo

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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abrazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from abrazar.

Noun

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abrazo m (plural abrazos)

  1. hug, embrace
    Synonyms: achuchón, estrujón
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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abrazo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abrazar

Further reading

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