abra

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

From Spanish abra .^[1] Doublet of haven .

abra (plural abras )

1. a narrow mountain or mesa pass

From Emirati Gulf Arabic عَبْرَة (ʕabra).

abra (plural abras )

1. a wooden boat used as a ferry in Dubai

• Abra at the Phrontistery

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

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

• IPA ^(key): [ˈaβɾa̝]

abra f (plural abras )

1. (nautircal) inlet, roadstead
   • 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

• Abrela

• Antón Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

abra

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

abra

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

   Synonym: (standard) deire

From Ancient Greek ἅβρα (hábra).

• (Classical Latin ) IPA ^(key): [ˈa.bra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA ^(key): [ˈaː.bra]

abra f (genitive abrae ); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

First-declension noun.

• (Classical Latin ) IPA ^(key): [ˈa.braː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA ^(key): [ˈaː.bra]

abrā f

1. ablative singular of abra

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

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
• Rhymes: -abɾɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧bra

abra

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

• IPA ^(key): /ˈabɾa/ [ˈa.β̞ɾa]
• Audio (Venezuela ): (file)
• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra

Borrowed from French havre .

abra f (plural abras )

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

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like abra, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la : el abra. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la , respectively): al abra, del abra.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un , which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un abra or una abra. The same is true with determiners algún /alguna and ningún /ninguna , as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún /veintiuna ).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la , una etc.) are used: la mejor abra, una buena abra.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una , respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una .
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el abra única, un(a) abra buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las , unas , etc.) are always used.

• → English: abra
• → Tagalog: abra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abra

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

• "abra", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From English over .

• IPA ^(key): /abɾa/, [a̠bɾa̠], [ɑ̟bɾɑ̟]

abra

1. over , across
   • 1960, Corly Verlooghen, "Atansofoto [So-be-it City]", in Kans op onweer [Chance of thunderstorms]‎^[1] , Paramaribo: Drukkerij Srenang, page 40:

     Oor joe srefie stefie / a tap na brotjie / abra memreliba / awas degedege / foe tra sei / e koor joe atie

     [Ori yusrefi steifi / a tapu na broki / abra memreliba / awansi degedege / fu tra sei / e kori yu ati]

     Hold yourself steady / on the bridge / across the river of remembrance / even if it's rickety / from the other side / it's deceiving your heart

abra

1. to cross (to go to the other side)
   • 2011, Selectabeats, Kayente, "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"

Borrowed from Spanish abra , borrowed from French havre .

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

abra (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇ ) (geography )

1. cove

   Synonym: bimbing

2. gorge; precipice

   Synonyms: bangin , barangka , presipisyo

• "abra", in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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

• bara

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

1. counterweight, makeweight

   Synonyms: dara , denge

• "abra", in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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