abonar
Spanish, verb/aboˈnaɾ/
abonar is spelled A-B-O-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abonar is a Spanish verb meaning “to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proveer de nutrientes a un vegetal mediante fertilizantes”.
What does abonar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance
- 2
to give credit or describe positively
- 3
to make something better
- 4
to pay an amount of money
Abonaremos la diferencia.
- 5
to make an annotation in the salary on an account
- 6
to pay a certain amount of money by each term of a loan or sale
- 7
to subscribe to a service
- 8
to reconcile with someone without going to court
verb
- 1
to fertilize (to provide nutrients to crops using fertilizers)
Abonan los campos cada primavera.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proveer de nutrientes a un vegetal mediante fertilizantes. 2. Acreditar una suma de dinero a cuenta de alguien, sea aportándole fondos o reduciendo un saldo acreedor. 3. Dar crédito o calificarlo de bueno. 4. Mejorar alguna cosa.
verb: 1. Aclarar el tiempo, abonanzar. 2. Sastisfacer una cierta cantidad de dinero por cada plazo de un préstamo o un vencimiento de venta.
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 abonar
- abono first-person present singular
- aboné first-person preterite singular
- abonado participle past
- abonando gerund
- abonada feminine participle past
- abonados masculine participle past
- abonadas feminine participle past
- abonas indicative informal present
- abonás indicative informal present
- abona indicative present singular
- abonamos first-person indicative plural
- abonáis indicative plural present
- abonan indicative plural present
- abonaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abonabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abonábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abonabais imperfect indicative plural
- abonaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abonar?
- /aboˈnaɾ/
- [a.β̞oˈnaɾ]
- [aβ̞oˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abonar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abonar in Spanish?
abonar appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).