abraço

//aˈbɾa.su// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,952

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

abraço is aPortuguesenoun. It means: gesto de afeto no qual uma pessoa contorna com seus braços a outra pessoa, animal, objeto, etc., como forma de manifestar carinho, amizade, apoio, conforto, etc. Pronounced /aˈbɾa.su/. It ranks #3,952 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with arco and arão.

Key facts for abraço
PropertyValue
Headwordabraço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aˈbɾa.su/
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,952
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abraço in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for abraço is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aˈbɾa.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,952 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for abraço, with forms such as "abarço", "abbraço", and "abraoç". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "arco", "arão", "arado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is abraço, spelled A-B-R-A-Ç-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesto de afeto no qual uma pessoa contorna com seus braços a outra pessoa, animal, objeto, etc., como forma de manifestar carinho, amizade, apoio, conforto, etc.
  2. 2
    forma amistosa de cumprimentar a outrem
  3. 3
    por extensão, demonstração de amizade, de afeto
  4. 4
    ato de juntar, unir
  5. 5
    órgão ou apêndice de algumas plantas que se enrola em alguma base para fixar-se enquanto crescem, como em certas trepadeiras, leguminosas, etc.
  6. 6
    elemento ornamental geralmente na forma de entrelaçamento de folhagens lavradas à volta da parte principal de uma coluna (fuste)
  7. 7
    forma de defesa ou ataque de alguns animais
  8. 8
    adeus; forma de despedida
  9. 9
    por extensão, forma de dizer que algo ou alguém ficou para trás

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abarço,abbraço,abraoç,abrraço,abrçao,arbaço,baraço

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abraço

Misspelling Variants of "abraço"

abarço6abbraço7abraoç6abrraço7abrçao6arbaço6baraço6
Misspelling Variants of "abraço"

Frequency rank: #3,952 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abraço"?
"abraço" is spelled A-B-R-A-Ç-O. The IPA pronunciation is /aˈbɾa.su/.
What does "abraço" mean?
As a noun, "abraço" means: gesto de afeto no qual uma pessoa contorna com seus braços a outra pessoa, animal, objeto, etc., como forma de manifestar carinho, amizade, apoio, conforto, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "abraço"?
"abraço" is commonly confused with "arco", "arão", "arado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abraço"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abraço" is /aˈbɾa.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abraço" come from?
"abraço" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.