abrir mão
Portuguese, verb/aˈbɾi(ʁ) ˈmɐ̃w̃/
abrir mão is spelled A-B-R-I-R-M-Ã-O (8 letters). Abrir mão is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give up; to renounce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does abrir mão mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give up; to renounce
Eu não vou abrir mão desse trabalho por sua causa!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. desistir, renunciar
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.
Forms of abrir mão
- abro mão first-person present singular
- abri mão first-person preterite singular
- aberto mão participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrir mão?
- Brazil /aˈbɾi(ʁ) ˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aˈbɾi(h) ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrir mão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.