ablandar
Spanish, verb/ablanˈdaɾ/
ablandar is spelled A-B-L-A-N-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablandar is a Spanish verb meaning “to soften, to soothe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner blanda una cosa”.
What does ablandar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to soften, to soothe
- 2
to become less severe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner blanda una cosa. 2. Por extensión, atemperar o mitigar la fiereza, la ira o el enojo de alguno. 3. Por extensión, reducir químicamente la dureza del agua 4. Conducir un vehículo cuidadosamente, hasta que su mecánica haya tenido oportunidad de asentarse
verb: 1. Reducir el viento su intensidad 2. Atemperarse el rigor del clima invernal
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ablandar
- ablando first-person present singular
- ablandé first-person preterite singular
- ablandado participle past
- ablandando gerund
- ablandada feminine participle past
- ablandados masculine participle past
- ablandadas feminine participle past
- ablandas indicative informal present
- ablandás indicative informal present
- ablanda indicative present singular
- ablandamos first-person indicative plural
- ablandáis indicative plural present
- ablandan indicative plural present
- ablandaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ablandabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ablandábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ablandabais imperfect indicative plural
- ablandaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ablandar?
- /ablanˈdaɾ/
- [a.β̞lãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
- [aβ̞lãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ablandar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ablandar in Spanish?
ablandar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).