EMBRACE in Spanish - Cambridge Dictionary

Translation of embrace – English–Spanish dictionary

embrace

verb
uk
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
us
/ɪmˈbreɪs/

ACCEPT

C1 [ T ] formal
abrazar, abrazarse
This was an opportunity that he would embrace. Se trataba de una oportunidad que iba a aprovechar.
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HOLD

C2 [ I or T ] literary
to hold someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone
abrazar, abrazarse
She saw them embrace on the station platform. Los vio abrazarse en el andén de la estación.
He leaned over to embrace the child. Se inclinó para abrazar al niño.

embrace

noun [ C ]
uk
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
us
/ɪmˈbreɪs/
C2
the act of holding someone tightly with both arms to express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone
abrazo
She greeted me with a warm embrace. Me saludó con un cálido abrazo.

(Translation of embrace from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of embrace | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

embrace
verb
/ɛmˈbreɪs/
abrazar
He embraced her passionately. La abrazó apasionadamente.
They embraced and parted. Se abrazaron y se separaron.
Synonym
recibir con los brazos abiertos aceptar acoger
Farming must embrace new scientific developments. La agricultura debe acoger nuevos desarrollos científicos.

(Translation of embrace from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

embrace
/ɛmˈbreɪs/
literary
an act of holding sb in your arms
abrazo [ masculine ]
She held him in her strong embrace. Ella le dio un fuerte abrazo.

(Translation of embrace from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of embrace

embrace
There is a place for organic farming, but we must accept that if the whole world was to embrace organic farming, we would starve.
La agricultura orgánica tiene su lugar, pero debemos aceptar que si todo el mundo optara por ella, nos moriríamos de hambre.
There is a place for organic farming, but we must accept that if the whole world was to embrace organic farming, we would starve.
La agricultura orgánica tiene su lugar, pero debemos aceptar que si todo el mundo optara por ella, nos moriríamos de hambre.
We expect you to embrace this assumption and to come forward with clear, firm and ambitious proposals and reforms in all these fields.
Esperamos que ustedes acepten esta asunción y realicen propuestas y reformas claras, firmes y ambiciosas en todas estas áreas.
We expect you to embrace this assumption and to come forward with clear, firm and ambitious proposals and reforms in all these fields.
Esperamos que ustedes acepten esta asunción y realicen propuestas y reformas claras, firmes y ambiciosas en todas estas áreas.
Our first task was therefore to embrace multiculturalism and differences.
Nuestra primera tarea consistió, por tanto, en aceptar el multiculturalismo y las diferencias.
Our first task was therefore to embrace multiculturalism and differences.
Nuestra primera tarea consistió, por tanto, en aceptar el multiculturalismo y las diferencias.
Diversity is suppressed, rather than embraced.
Allí se prefiere reprimir la diversidad a aceptarla.
Diversity is suppressed, rather than embraced.
Allí se prefiere reprimir la diversidad a aceptarla.
I am more than happy to embrace those ideas, again in order to give legitimacy to what we do.
Me complace mucho acoger esas ideas, de nuevo para dar legitimidad a lo que hacemos.
I am more than happy to embrace those ideas, again in order to give legitimacy to what we do.
Me complace mucho acoger esas ideas, de nuevo para dar legitimidad a lo que hacemos.
We should welcome and embrace it.
Debemos acogerlas con satisfacción y abrazarlas.
We should welcome and embrace it.
Debemos acogerlas con satisfacción y abrazarlas.
Only thus can we embrace a new future.
Solo entonces podremos abrazar un nuevo futuro.
Only thus can we embrace a new future.
Solo entonces podremos abrazar un nuevo futuro.
We need to speed things up in the coming year and try to embrace reform and modernise our working methods and decision-making processes.
Es necesario que aceleremos las cosas en el año que viene y que intentemos abrazar la reforma y modernizar nuestros métodos de trabajo y nuestros procesos de toma de decisiones.
We need to speed things up in the coming year and try to embrace reform and modernise our working methods and decision-making processes.
Es necesario que aceleremos las cosas en el año que viene y que intentemos abrazar la reforma y modernizar nuestros métodos de trabajo y nuestros procesos de toma de decisiones.
We are encouraging people to live in other countries, to embrace other cultures; yet when they die, suddenly, the border is erected and the bureaucracy comes into play.
Estamos animando a la gente a que viva en otros países, a abrazar otras culturas; y cuando mueren, de repente se erige la frontera y la burocracia entra en juego.
We are encouraging people to live in other countries, to embrace other cultures; yet when they die, suddenly, the border is erected and the bureaucracy comes into play.
Estamos animando a la gente a que viva en otros países, a abrazar otras culturas; y cuando mueren, de repente se erige la frontera y la burocracia entra en juego.
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接受, 欣然接受, 樂意採納…
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接受, 欣然接受, 乐意采纳…
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आनंदाने स्वीकारणे, आलिंगन देणे, सामावून घेणे…
(人)を抱きしめる, 抱擁, 抱(だ)きしめる…
sarılmak, kucaklamak, sorgusuz/sualsiz kabellenmek…
étreindre, embrasser, adopter…
abraçar(-se), abraçada…
omarmen, omarming…
எதையாவது உற்சாகமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்வது, அன்பை, விருப்பத்தை அல்லது அனுதாபத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த அல்லது ஒருவரை வாழ்த்தும்போது அல்லது விட்டுச் செல்லும் போது ஒருவரை இரு கைகளாலும் இறுக்கமாகப் பிடித்துக் கொள்வது…
(स्वेच्छा से) अपनाना, स्वीकारना, आलिंगन करना…
સ્વીકારવું, ઝડપી લેવું, પ્રેમપૂર્વક ભેટવું…
omfavne, omfavnelse…
omfamna, krama, omfamning…
memeluk, pelukan…
umarmen, die Umarmung…
omfavne, klemme, trykke til sitt bryst…
شوق سے قبول کرنا, گرمجوشی سے گلے لگانا, گرمجوشی سے بغل گیر ہونا…
обнімати, обійми…
обнимать(ся), принимать, воспринимать…
ఉత్సాహంగా ఒకదాన్ని అంగీకరించడం, ప్రేమ, ఇష్టపడటం లేక సానుభూతి వ్యక్తం చేయడానికి…
يُعانِق, مُعانَقة…
গ্রহণ করা, আলিঙ্গন করা, কিছু অন্তর্ভুক্ত করা…
obejmout, objetí…
memeluk, pelukan…
กอด…
ôm chặt, cái ôm…
obejmować (się), przyjmować, akceptować…
포옹하다, 포옹…
abbracciare, abbracciarsi, abbraccio…
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