abarcar

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abarcar

1. to dodge

From Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre (later contracted to *abbraccāre in Proto-Romance), from Latin bracchium (“arm”).

• Hyphenation: a‧bar‧car

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarquei, past participle abarcado)

1. to encompass (include)

   Synonyms: englobar, compreender

• braço

From a variant of abracar.

• IPA^(key): /abaɾˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞aɾˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bar‧car

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarqué, past participle abarcado)

1. (transitive) to embrace (to hold with the arms)
2. (transitive) to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span

   Synonyms: englobar, incluir, comprender

   • 2022 January 24, Aintzane Gardoki, “Los gorros que empoderan a las mujeres de Baltistán”, in El País‎:

     En 2017, el porcentaje de niñas fuera de la escuela alcanzó el 50% en la región que comprende al valle de Hushé, que abarca ocho comunidades.

     In 2017, the percentage of girls out of school reached 50% in the region that comprises the Hushe Valley, which includes eight communities.

3. (transitive) to take in (a sight)
4. (transitive) to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task)
5. (transitive, Latin America) to monopolize, to corner

   Synonym: acaparar

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