abraça
Portuguese, verb/aˈbɾa.sɐ/
abraça is spelled A-B-R-A-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abraça is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo abraçar”.
What does abraça mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa que não se crê, que não se acredita
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo abraçar
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do imperativo afirmativo do verbo abracar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce abraça?
- Brazil /aˈbɾa.sɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈbɾa.sɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈβɾa.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abraça in Portuguese?
abraça appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).