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Etymology[]

Magical word used in certain Gnostic writings, relation to Greek Abraxas, a Gnostic deity.

It may also be a corruption of the Aramaic term עַבְדָא כְּדַברָא, avda kedavra; “what was said has been done”; or perhaps, עברא כדברא, avra kedavra; “what has said has come to pass.”

It may also be the combination of three hebrew words ארבע-אחד-ארבע when it is read from right to left [1] .

The Aramaic is the source of the Avada Kedavra killing curse in the Harry Potter books.

Pronunciation[]

Interjection[]

abracadabra!

  1. Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.

Translations[]

Noun[]

Singular
Abracadabra

Plural
-

Abracadabra (-)

  1. A mystical word or collocation of letters from kabbalism.
  2. Complicated technicalities, jargon that one does not understand much if at all.
    I don’t know all the theoretical abracadabra about how it works, I’m only its pilot.

Translations[]

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  • Vietnamese: câu thần chú, lời nói khó hiểu

French[]

Interjection[]

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  1. abracadabra

Derived terms[]

  • abracadabrant

Noun[]

Abracadabra m. (plural Abracadabras)

  1. An unspecified magical formula.
  2. Template:Historical A mystical word from kabbalism.

et:abracadabra el:abracadabra es:abracadabra fr:abracadabra gl:abracadabra hu:abracadabra nl:abracadabra pl:abracadabra ru:abracadabra fi:abracadabra tt:abracadabra th:abracadabra vi:abracadabra

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