abbracciare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom a- + braccio (“arm”) + -are, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre, from Latin ad- + bracchium + -o. Compare Spanish abrazar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editabbracciàre (first-person singular present abbràccio, first-person singular past historic abbracciài, past participle abbracciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to embrace, to hug
- La madre ha abbracciato il figlio quando è tornato dalla guerra. ― The mother hugged her son when he came back from the war.
- (figurative) to wrap
- (figurative) to surround
- (figurative) to span
- (figurative) to adopt, to follow (a faith, profession, cause, etc.)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of abbracciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
edit- abbracciarsi (“to embrace oneself or one another”)
- abbraccio
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