abrir

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”).

abrir

1. to open

• abiertu

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abrir, from Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”).

• IPA^(key): [aˈβɾiɾ]

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abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrín, past participle aberto)

1. (transitive) to open
2. (intransitive, weather) to clear up
3. (intransitive) to dawn

• abrente

• “abrir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• “abrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abrir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abrir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Latin aperīre (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“of; from”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɾiɾ/

abrir

1. to open

• aberto

• Fala: abril
• Galician: abrir
• Portuguese: abrir

From Old Portuguese abrir, from Latin aperīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, from”) + *wer-iō (“open”).

• Hyphenation: a‧brir

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abri, past participle aberto)

1. (transitive) to open
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

2. (transitive, card games, poker) to deal (a card)
3. inflection of abrir:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• “abrir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From Old Spanish, from Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō. Compare English apricate.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾiɾ/ [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧brir

abrir m (plural abrires)

1. the act of opening

• en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

abrir (first-person singular present abro, first-person singular preterite abrí, past participle abierto)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to open, open up

   Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge. ― Please open the window, George.

   Antonym: cerrar

2. (transitive) to unlock

   Abro la cerradura.

   I unlock the lock.

3. (transitive) to turn on

   Abrió la llave.

   He turned on the faucet.

4. (transitive) to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.)
5. (transitive) to crack, crack open, to pop (e.g., a safe, a bottle, a coconut)
6. (transitive) to break, break open, (new ground, a game, etc.); to break out (e.g., champagne)
7. (transitive) to spread (one's legs, arms, fingers)
8. (transitive, figurative) to answer (the door)
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to open up (to become communicative)

   Lo único que le hizo abrirse a ella fue un beso.

   The only thing that made him open up to her was a kiss.

10. (reflexive, slang) to leave, go away
11. (Latin America, reflexive) to withdraw, back out of

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

• barrí