abocar
Spanish, verb/aboˈkaɾ/
abocar is spelled A-B-O-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pour from one container to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volcar el contenido de un recipiente en otro”.
What does abocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pour from one container to another
- 2
archaicto seize or grab with the mouth
- 3
to focus, to concentrate
- 4
to end up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volcar el contenido de un recipiente en otro. 2. Aproximar impedimenta o pertrechos a una plaza. 3. Asir con la boca. 4. Acercar, aproximar.
verb: 1. Llegar una embarcación a puerto.
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 abocar
- aboco first-person present singular
- aboqué first-person preterite singular
- abocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- abocando gerund
- abocada feminine participle past
- abocados masculine participle past
- abocadas feminine participle past
- abocas indicative informal present
- abocás indicative informal present
- aboca indicative present singular
- abocamos first-person indicative plural
- abocáis indicative plural present
- abocan indicative plural present
- abocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abocar?
- /aboˈkaɾ/
- [a.β̞oˈkaɾ]
- [aβ̞oˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abocar in Spanish?
abocar appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).