abrazo

/aˈbɾaθo/ · B1 · noun · m

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🤗💪 a + brazo (arm) = wrapping your arms around someone

Brazo means arm in Spanish, from Latin bracchium. English embrace comes from the same root, so the 'braz' sound in abrazo is the 'brace' in embrace. It's masculine: un abrazo.

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