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abrigar.

to bundle up, to keep someone warm

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/abɾiˈɡaɾ/[a.β̞ɾiˈɣ̞aɾ]
  1. to bundle up, to keep someone warm

    transitive
  2. to be warm (as a result of clothing)

    intransitive
    Estas mantas abrigan mucho.
  3. to shelter, to protect

    transitive
    La pared me abrigaba de la lluvia.
  4. to bundle oneself up

    reflexive
    Hace frío afuera, abrígate antes de salir.
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin apricāre, from Latin aprīcārī (“warm in the sun”), from aprīcus (“sunny”) Compare Portuguese abrigar, Catalan abrigar, English apricate, French abrier. Alternatively, from Late Latin *abrigāre (“to cover, shelter”), from a- + brigare, from Frankish *biwrīhan (“to cover, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wrīhaną (“to cover, clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werk'-, *werg'- (“to twist, weave, tie together”). Cognate with Old High German birīhan (“to cover”), Old English bewrēon (“to cover, enwrap, protect”). Late Latin *abrigare may have also been crossed with Frankish *bergan (“to take care of, protect, hide”), from Proto-Germanic *berganą (“to care for”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”), due to similarity in form and meaning. If so, this would relate the word also to Old High German bergan (“to shelter”) (German bergen), and Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at borrow.

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