abrasar
Spanish, verb/abɾaˈsaɾ/
abrasar is spelled A-B-R-A-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrasar is a Spanish verb meaning “to burn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar caliente hasta el punto de arder”.
What does abrasar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burn
- 2
to parch
- 3
to squander or waste money
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar caliente hasta el punto de arder.
verb: 1. Quemar hasta convertir en brasa. 2. Por extensión, calentar algo o alguien en exceso. 3. Por analogía, producir sensación de calor o sequedad. 4. Resecar una planta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abrasar
- abraso first-person present singular
- abrasé first-person preterite singular
- abrasado participle past
- abrasando gerund
- abrasada feminine participle past
- abrasados masculine participle past
- abrasadas feminine participle past
- abrasas indicative informal present
- abrasás indicative informal present
- abrasa indicative present singular
- abrasamos first-person indicative plural
- abrasáis indicative plural present
- abrasan indicative plural present
- abrasaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abrasabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abrasábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abrasabais imperfect indicative plural
- abrasaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrasar?
- /abɾaˈsaɾ/
- [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ]
- [aβ̞ɾaˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrasar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrasar in Spanish?
abrasar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).