abraçar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ braç (arm) +‎ -ar, from Old Catalan, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βɾəˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.bɾəˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.bɾaˈsaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

abraçar (first-person singular present abraço, first-person singular preterite abrací, past participle abraçat)

  1. to embrace, hug
  2. to embrace, adopt (a cause or idea)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • “abraçar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

abraçar (first-person singular present abraço, first-person singular preterite abracei, past participle abraçado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of abrazar

Conjugation

References

  • abraçar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Occitan

Etymology

a- +‎ braç +‎ -ar, or from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Verb

abraçar

  1. to embrace; to hug

Conjugation

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

  • Inherited from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre. By surface analysis, a- +‎ braço (arm) +‎ -ar. Cognate with Old Spanish abraçar.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈbɾat͡so/
    • Rhymes: -at͡so
    • Hyphenation: a‧bra‧çar

    Verb

    abraçar

    1. (transitive) to hug

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Fala: abrazal
    • Galician: abrazar
    • Portuguese: abraçar

    References

    Portuguese

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abraçar, from Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from ad- + bracchium + . By surface analysis, a- +‎ braço (arm) +‎ -ar.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾaˈsa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bɾaˈsa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bɾaˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.bɾaˈsa(χ)]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bɾaˈsa(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɾɐˈsaɾ/ [ɐ.βɾɐˈsaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɾɐˈsa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɾɐˈsa.ɾi]

    • Hyphenation: a‧bra‧çar

    Verb

    abraçar (first-person singular present abraço, first-person singular preterite abracei, past participle abraçado)

    1. to hug, embrace

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Derived terms

    • Hunsrik: abrasseere