to embrace heritage

4.9

To accept and show pride in your culture

phrasal verb
/ɪmˈbreɪs ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ/

: celebrar la herencia

Many people embrace heritage by participating in traditional festivals and customs.

Examples

The school's curriculum encourages students to embrace heritage and share their cultural traditions.
It took years for him to embrace heritage and feel proud of his roots.
It's important to embrace heritage!
She embraces heritage through her art.
Many people embrace heritage by participating in traditional festivals and customs.
The school's curriculum encourages students to embrace heritage and share their cultural traditions.
It took years for him to embrace heritage and feel proud of his roots.

Antonyms

to disown

37 5.8

Refuse to accept someone or something and stop having any connection with them

Surface Forms

embrace heritage infinitive

embraced heritage past

embraced heritage past participle

embracing heritage present participle

embraces heritage third person singular

Morphology

embrace + heritage

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'embrace' (to adopt or accept warmly) with 'heritage' (cultural traditions), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'accept and celebrate one's cultural background.' This is a straightforward verb + noun composition with clear cross-linguistic parallels, making it immediately comprehensible at the B1 level.

Etymology

Embrace heritage gives a simple image: to embrace is to hug and heritage means the customs, stories, or things from your family and past. So imagine someone holding an old family photo close; that's why it means 'to accept and celebrate your cultural background'.