Portuguese

Noun

Abril m (plural Abris)

1. Superseded spelling of abril.

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mês do calendário gregoriano; janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro ^{(Category: pt:Months)}

Tagalog

Etymology

Spanish abril ‎(“April”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾil/

Proper noun

Abril

1. April

See also

• (month): Previous: Marso. Next: Hunyo

Usage notes

• Despite the Spanish abril having a lowercase a, Filipino Abril is spelled with an uppercase A since all Filipino proper nouns start with uppercase letters.

Aragonese

Noun

abril m

1. April

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m ‎(plural abrils)

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) xineru, febreru, marzu, abril, mayu, xunu, xunetu, agostu, setiembre, ochobre, payares, avientu ^{(Category: ast:Months)}

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɾil/, [əˈβɾiɫ]

Noun

abril m ‎(plural abrils)

1. April
2. (poetic) spring (season)
3. (figuratively) youth (the state of being young)

Synonyms

• (spring): primavera
• (youth): joventut

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish abril.

Noun

abrīl

1. April.

References

• James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written (2001, Stanford University Press), page 210

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes do calendario gregoriano; xaneiro, febreiro, marzo, abril, maio, xuño, xullo, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, decembro ^{(Category: gl:Months)}

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin Aprīlis.

Noun

abril m

1. April (month)

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis ‎(“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan Apru, from Ancient Greek Αφροδίτη ‎(Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾil/

Noun

abril m

1. April
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 115 (facsimile):

     De Paſcoa no meſdabril

     At Easter in the month of April

Descendants

• Galician: abril
• Portuguese: abril
  • Kabuverdianu: abril
  • Tetum: abríl

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abril (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abril, from Latin Aprīlis ‎(“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan Apru, from Ancient Greek Αφροδίτη ‎(Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈbɾil/, [ɐ.ˈβɾiɫ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɾiw/
  • Homophone: abriu
• Hyphenation: a‧bril

Noun

abril m (plural abris)

1. April

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: abril
• Tetum: abríl

Usage notes

In Brazilian Portuguese, the names of months were usually not capitalized. But in Portugal they were. The Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 abolished their capitalization.

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mês do calendário gregoriano; janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro ^{(Category: pt:Months)}

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈβɾil]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

abril m ‎(plural abriles)

1. April
2. (of a young person) years of age

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre ^{(Category: es:Months)}

Turkish

Alternative forms

• abrel
• abrıl

Etymology

Borrowing from Armenian ապրիլ ‎(april) (Western Armenian pronunciation).

Noun

abril

1. (dialectal) April

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ապրիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• “abril”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982