abra

See also: Abra and ábra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæbɹə/, /ˈɑːbɹə/
• Rhymes: -æbɹə, -ɑːbɹə

Etymology 1

From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven.

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

Translations

narrow pass

• Finnish: sola (fi), rotko (fi), kuru (fi)

Etymology 2

From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).

Noun

abra (plural abras)

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

Translations

Dubai boat

• Finnish: abra

References

• Abra at the Phrontistery

Anagrams

• Raab, arab, ABAR, abar, Abar, arba, bara, Baar, Arab, raab

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1440. Borrowed from Old French havre, from Middle Dutch havene, from Proto-Germanic *habnō (“harvour, haven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaβべーたɾa̝]

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. creek, inlet, bay
   • 1440, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 619:

     en todo o porto et abra desta dita uilla

     in the whole harbor and bay of said town

Derived terms

• Abrela

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Irish

Verb

abra

1. (archaic, Munster) present subjunctive analytic of abair

   Synonym: (standard) deire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abra	n-abra	habra	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäbrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]

Noun

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abra	abrae
Genitive	abrae	abrārum
Dative	abrae	abrīs
Accusative	abram	abrās
Ablative	abrā	abrīs
Vocative	abra	abrae

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.braː/, [ˈäbräː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bra/, [ˈäːbrä]

Noun

abrā f

1. ablative singular of abra

References

• abra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• abra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɾɐ/ [ˈa.βべーたɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -abɾɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabɾa/ [ˈa.βべーた̞ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French havre.

Noun

abra f (plural abras)

1. small bay, inlet
2. (Latin America) glade, clearing

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el abra, un abra

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Descendants

• → English: abra
• → Tagalog: abra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abra

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English over.

Preposition

abra

1. over

Verb

abra

1. to cross (to go to the other side)
   • 2011, Selectabeats, Kayente (lyrics and music), “Djoegoe Djoegoe”:

     Ei Selecta, mi granmama ben leri mi altèit, "no kosi kaiman fosi abra liba, boi".

     Hey Selecta, my grandmother always taught me: "don't curse the caiman before crossing the river, boy"

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabɾa/ [ˈʔaː.bɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra
• Homophone: Abra

Noun

abra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇ) (geography)

1. cove

   Synonym: bimbing

2. gorge; precipice

   Synonyms: bangin, barangka, presipisyo

Related terms

• Abra

 

Further reading

• “abra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4

Anagrams

• bara

Turkish

Noun

(regional, dialectal) abra (definite accusative abrayı, plural abralar)

1. counterweight, makeweight

   Synonyms: dara, denge

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	abra
Definite accusative	abrayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abra	abralar
Definite accusative	abrayı	abraları
Dative	abraya	abralara
Locative	abrada	abralarda
Ablative	abradan	abralardan
Genitive	abranın	abraların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular abram abralarım 2nd singular abran abraların 3rd singular abrası abraları 1st plural abramız abralarımız 2nd plural abranız abralarınız 3rd plural abraları abraları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular abramı abralarımı 2nd singular abranı abralarını 3rd singular abrasını abralarını 1st plural abramızı abralarımızı 2nd plural abranızı abralarınızı 3rd plural abralarını abralarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular abrama abralarıma 2nd singular abrana abralarına 3rd singular abrasına abralarına 1st plural abramıza abralarımıza 2nd plural abranıza abralarınıza 3rd plural abralarına abralarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular abramda abralarımda 2nd singular abranda abralarında 3rd singular abrasında abralarında 1st plural abramızda abralarımızda 2nd plural abranızda abralarınızda 3rd plural abralarında abralarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular abramdan abralarımdan 2nd singular abrandan abralarından 3rd singular abrasından abralarından 1st plural abramızdan abralarımızdan 2nd plural abranızdan abralarınızdan 3rd plural abralarından abralarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular abramın abralarımın 2nd singular abranın abralarının 3rd singular abrasının abralarının 1st plural abramızın abralarımızın 2nd plural abranızın abralarınızın 3rd plural abralarının abralarının

Further reading

• “abra”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu