abra

• 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

• Abar, Arab, Baar, Raab, arba, bara

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaβɾa̝]

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

• Abrela

• “abra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

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

abra f (genitive abrae); first declension

1. maid

   Synonym: ancilla

First-declension noun.

• → High Valyrian: ābra

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

abrā f

1. ablative singular of abra

• 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)

• 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):

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• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: a‧bra

Borrowed from French havre.

abra f (plural abras)

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

• 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.

• → 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From English over.

abra

1. over

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"

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabɾa/ [ˈʔa.bɾɐ]
• 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, 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

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

1. counterweight, makeweight

   Synonyms: dara, denge

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