abrazador

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus

Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús

Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s)

Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder.

Proto-Indo-European *-isō

Proto-Hellenic *-ihō

Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn)

Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn)bor.

Latin bracchium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin āre

Vulgar Latin *adbracchiāre

Spanish abrazar

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish abrazador

From abrazar + -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɾaθaˈdoɾ/ [a.β̞ɾa.θaˈð̞oɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abɾasaˈdoɾ/ [a.β̞ɾa.saˈð̞oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧za‧dor
• Homophone: (Latin America) abrasador

Adjective

abrazador (feminine abrazadora, masculine plural abrazadores, feminine plural abrazadoras)

1. embracing, hugging

Descendants

• → Tagalog: abrasador

Further reading

• “abrazador”, 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