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abracadabra Noun Masculine

[Subject: Language]

- Gioco di parole di significato volutamente oscuro.

Translated by: PEZZUOLI CLAUDIO

Etymology: incerta

Translated in 31 languages

Translations30
	English	abracadabra
	Spanish	abracadabra
	French	abracadabra
	German	Abrakadabra
	Russian	абракадабра
	Arabic	كلمة سحرية
	Chinese	符咒; 咒文
	Albanian	abrakadabra
	Basque	abrakadabra
	Brazilian Portuguese	abracadabra
	Catalan	abracadabra
	Croatian	abrakadabra
	Dutch	abracadabra
	Esperanto	abrakadabro
	Finnish	abrakadabra
	Galician	abracadabra
	Hebrew	לחש-נחש
	Hindi	आब्रकाडाब्रा; अगड़म-बगड़म
	Lombardo Occidentale	abracadabra
	Luxembourgish	Gefuebels
	Persian	بازی با کلمات
	Polish	abrakadabra
	Portuguese	abracadabra
	Romagnolo	abrecadébra
	Romanian	abracadabra
	Serbian	абракадабра
	Slovak	abrakadabra
	Swedish	trollformel; abrakadabra
	Traditional Chinese	符咒
	Turkish	abrakadabra

abracadabra Noun

[Subject: Generalities]

Translated in 15 languages

Translations14
	English	hocus-pocus
	Spanish	fórmula de prestidigitador
	French	passe-passe
	Danish	hokuspokus
	Dutch	hocus pocus
	Gujarati	મંત્રથી ઝાડવું કે ફૂંકવું તે
	Hindi	झाड़-फूंक
	Limburgian	gehokus-pokus
	Marathi	मंत्र-तंत्र
	Norwegian Bokmål	hokuspokus
	Punjabi	ਝਾਡ਼ ਫੂਕ
	Sanskrit	यंत्रमंत्रम्
	Serbian	хокуспокус
	Zulu	inkohliso

abracadabra

- Formula magica alla quale gli gnostici attribuivano particolare efficacia, specialmente contro le malattie. Almeno a partire dal III secolo d.C. secondo la testimonianza del medico poeta Sammonico si usava scrivere su un pezzo di pergamena che poi veniva appesa al collo come un amuleto in forma di triangolo.

Translated by: LAURA FRANCHINI

Etymology: dall'ebraico: haberachah = benedizione e daberah = parola

Translated in 4 languages

Translations3
	French	parole et formule magique; abracadabra
	Arabic	كلمة سحرية كان القدماء يعتقدون أنها تشافي من الامراض
	Hebrew	מלת-לחש

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