abrazo
/əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/noun
abrazo is spelled A-B-R-A-Z-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abrazo means “A Latin American embrace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abrazo is abrazos.
How many letters and syllables are in abrazo?
| Letters | 6: A-B-R-A-Z-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abrazo?
Abrazo appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abrazo?
- US /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/
- US /ɑˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/
- US /əˈbɹɑˌzoʊ/
Abrazo has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abrazo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abrazo
- abrazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abrazo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Latin American embrace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abrazo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish abrazar (“to embrace”), from a + brazo (“arm”), from Latin bracchium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).