abrir

Asturian

Verb

abrir

1. to open

Conjugation

This Asturian verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Galician

Etymology

Latin aperire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

abrir (first-person sg present abro, first-person sg preterite abrín, past participle abrido)

1. to open

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“of; from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ˈbɾiɾ/

Verb

abrir

1. to open

Related terms

• aberto

Descendants

• Galician: abrir
• Portuguese: abrir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō.

Verb

abrir (first-person singular present indicative abro, past participle abrido)

1. (transitive) To open.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb abrir

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ir group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abrir
Personal	abrir	abrires	abrir	abrirmos	abrirdes	abrirem
Gerund
	abrindo
Past participle
Masculine	abrido			abridos
Feminine	abrida			abridas
Indicative
Present	abro	abres	abre	abrimos	abris	abrem
Imperfect	abria	abrias	abria	abríamos	abríeis	abriam
Preterite	abri	abriste	abriu	abrimos	abristes	abriram
Pluperfect	abrira	abriras	abrira	abríramos	abríreis	abriram
Future	abrirei	abrirás	abrirá	abriremos	abrireis	abrirão
Conditional	abriria	abririas	abriria	abriríamos	abriríeis	abririam
Subjunctive
Present	abra	abras	abra	abramos	abrais	abram
Imperfect	abrisse	abrisses	abrisse	abríssemos	abrísseis	abrissem
Future	abrir	abrires	abrir	abrirmos	abrirdes	abrirem
Imperative
Affirmative	abra	abre	abra	abramos	abri	abram
Negative (não)	abra	abras	abra	abramos	abrais	abram

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō.

Noun

abrir m (plural abrires)

1. opening

Verb

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrí, past participle abierto)

1. (transitive) to open

   Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge. - "Please open the window, George"

2. (transitive) to unlock

   Yo abro la cerradura. - "I unlock the lock."

3. (transitive) to turn on

   Él abrió la llave. - "He turned on the faucet."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Irregular in the past participle.

infinitive			abrir
gerund			abriendo
past participle			abierto
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abro	abres	abre	abrimos	abrís	abren
	imperfect	abría	abrías	abría	abríamos	abríais	abrían
	preterite	abrí	abriste	abrió	abrimos	abristeis	abrieron
	future	abriré	abrirás	abrirá	abriremos	abriréis	abrirán
	conditional	abriría	abrirías	abriría	abriríamos	abriríais	abrirían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abra	abras	abra	abramos	abráis	abran
	imperfect (ra)	abriera	abrieras	abriera	abriéramos	abrierais	abrieran
	imperfect (se)	abriese	abrieses	abriese	abriésemos	abrieseis	abriesen
	future	abriere	abrieres	abriere	abriéremos	abriereis	abrieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		abre	abra	abramos	abrid	abran
	negative		no abras	no abra	no abramos	no abráis	no abran

In Spain, the second person present indicative is also spelled "abrís."

Related terms

• abierto
• apertura
• abra
• abridor
• abridero

Derived terms

• abrelatas
• abrebotellas