abrí

• abri (Sotavento)

From Portuguese abrir.

abrí

1. (Barlavento) open

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

From Portuguese abrir.

abrí

1. to open

   abrí ano ― to bring in the New Year (literally, “to open the year”)

   abrí baul ― to open the trunk

   abrí'nga janela ― to open a window

   Na básso di sól fórti amestê abrí paché

   Under a strong sun, it is necessary to open a parasol

• abrí ano may be a calque of Cantonese 開年／开年 (hoi¹ nin⁴, literally “open year”).

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾi/ [aˈβ̞ɾi]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧brí

abrí

1. inflection of abrir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative