abrazar
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abrazar(
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brah
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sahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to hold)
b. to embrace
Abrazó a los refugiados, algunos de los cuales habían llegado ese mismo día.He embraced the refugees, some of whom had arrived that very day.
2. (to take up)
b. to espouse
Abrazó hace largo tiempo la causa de las mujeres oprimidas.She has long espoused the cause of oppressed women.
abrazarse
A reciprocal verb is a verb that indicates that two or more subjects perform an action on each other (e.g. Ellos se abrazan.).
3. (to hold each other)
b. to embrace each other
Tras haber firmado el contracto, se abrazaron.After signing the contract, they embraced each other.
abrazar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (rodear con los brazos)
a. to hug, to embrace
2. (fig)
a. to embrace
3. (fig)
a. to go into
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
4. (general)
a. to hug, to embrace
abrazarse a alguiento hug somebody, to cling to somebody
se abrazaron con pasiónthey embraced passionately
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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