Translation
arm
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Examples
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He took the child into his arms.
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Her arm hurts after the long work.
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The boy raised both arms.
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I carried the book under my arm.
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They sat with their arms on the table.
is the arm from shoulder to wrist and nothing more; the hand on the end of it is . English is loose about this and lets "arm" swallow the hand, which is why learners write when they mean a handshake. The root earns its keep in compounds: is to hug, literally to do something with your arms, and brakse臐o is an armchair. Note also that Esperanto is happy with the plain article where English insists on a possessive: is the natural phrasing, not , unless the owner is genuinely in doubt.
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Word family
Words built on brako with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- brakhorlo臐onoun
wristwatch
brakohorlo臐o
- brakumiverb
to hug, to embrace
brako-um-
- 膲irka怒brakiverb
to throw one's arms around, to embrace
膲irka怒brako
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 12: brako, mortigi, permesi and 7 more words.