abrir

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

abrir

1. to open

• abiertu

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈβrir/

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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

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

• “abrir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “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.

From Latin aperīre, present active infinitive of aperiō (“I open”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“of; from”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɾiɾ/

abrir

1. to open

• aberto

• Galician: abrir
• Portuguese: abrir

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈβɾiɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɾi/, /aˈbɾiχ/, /aˈbɾih/, /aˈbɾiɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧brir

abrir (first-person singular present indicative abro, 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).

• aberto
• abertura
• abrimento

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾiɾ/, [aˈβɾiɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧brir

abrir m (plural abrires)

1. the act of opening

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to open

   Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge.

   Please open the window, George.

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. (reflexive) to open up (to become communicative)
5. (reflexive, slang) to leave, go away
6. (Latin America, reflexive) to withdraw, back out of

• abrecartas
• abrelatas
• abrebotellas
• abrimiento

• abertura
• abierto
• abridor
• abridero
• apertura

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