abrazo
noun
abra·zo
əˈbrä(ˌ)sō,
äˈb-
plural -s
: an embrace (as of salutation) employed in Latin America
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Spanish, a noun derivative of abrazar "to embrace," from a-, verb prefix (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + brazo "arm," going back to Latin bracchium
First Known Use
circa 1626, in the meaning defined above