abrazar
Spanish, verb/abɾaˈθaɾ/
abrazar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rodear una cosa o a alguien con los brazos”.
What does abrazar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)
- 2
to embrace; to adopt (a religion or way of life)
- 3
to hug, to embrace, to cuddle, to hold (each other, one another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rodear una cosa o a alguien con los brazos. 2. Encerrar algo entre ciertos límites. 3. En forma literaria, rodear o ceñir. 4. Adherirse a una ideología o a una religión.
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 abrazar
- abrazo first-person present singular
- abracé first-person preterite singular
- abrazado participle past
- c-z alternation
- abrazando gerund
- abrazada feminine participle past
- abrazados masculine participle past
- abrazadas feminine participle past
- abrazas indicative informal present
- abrazás indicative informal present
- abraza indicative present singular
- abrazamos first-person indicative plural
- abrazáis indicative plural present
- abrazan indicative plural present
- abrazaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abrazabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abrazábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abrazabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrazar?
- /abɾaˈθaɾ/
- [a.β̞ɾaˈθaɾ]
- /abɾaˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrazar in Spanish?
abrazar appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).