abrasar

• abrasir

From a- +‎ brasa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βɾəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bɾəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.bɾaˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasí, past participle abrasat)

1. (transitive) to burn up, to sear
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to burn up

   abrasar-se d’amor ― to burn with love

• abrusar

• “abrasar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

By surface analysis, a- +‎ brasa (“embers”) +‎ -ar. From Old Galician-Portuguese abrasar.

• IPA^(key): [aβɾaˈsaɾ]

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasei, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn

   Synonym: queimar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 626:

     Et por nihũa maneyra nõ querem leyxar esta çidade ata que aiã tomada et abrasada et destroýda et maltreyta, et justiça de nós feyta a seu prazer.

     And in no way will they release this city until they have it, conquered and burnt and destroyed and battered, and they make their justice on us as they please

2. (transitive) to parch

   Synonym: torrar

• “abrasar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abras” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abrasar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abrasar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abrasar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “abrasar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Compare Spanish abrazar.

• IPA^(key): /abraˈsar/

abrasar (Latin spelling)

1. to embrace

From Old Galician-Portuguese abrasar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ brasa (“ember”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bra‧sar

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasei, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (transitive) to parch

• “abrasar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “abrasar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “abrasar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abrasar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “abrasar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “abrasar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From brasa (“hot coals”), of unknown etymology.

• IPA^(key): /abɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾaˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧sar
• Homophone: (Latin America) abrazar

abrasar (first-person singular present abraso, first-person singular preterite abrasé, past participle abrasado)

1. (transitive) to burn

   Synonym: quemar

2. (transitive) to parch
3. (transitive) to squander or waste money

• “abrasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014