Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrazo
An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
[A] long and affectionate embrace supplied the place of language in bidding each other adieu; […]
[…] And tears are on the mother’s face, As parting with a long embrace She enters other realms of love; […]
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrazar • embrazar (disused)
To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in her childish…
There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the…
aceptar • embrazar (disused)
To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.
The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title]
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