aborto
Spanish, noun
aborto is spelled A-B-O-R-T-O (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aborto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “abortion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of abortar. With an accent, abortó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of abortar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Interrupción voluntaria o espontánea del embarazo”.
What does aborto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabortion
- 2
masculinemiscarriage
- 3
masculineslanga very ugly person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of abortar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of abortar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Interrupción voluntaria o espontánea del embarazo. 2. Interrupción involuntaria de alguna actividad o acción sin que se pueda terminar. 3. Interrupción voluntaria de alguna actividad o acción sin que se pueda terminar. 4. Ser monstruoso y repugnante.
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 aborto
- abortos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aborto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aborto in Spanish?
aborto appears 23 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).