abstener
Spanish, verb/absteˈneɾ/
abstener is spelled A-B-S-T-E-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 113,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstener is a Spanish verb meaning “to abstain, to forbear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Evitar que alguien o algo tome una acción, o que participe en ella”.
What does abstener mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abstain, to forbear
Se abstiene de fumar en el coche.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Evitar que alguien o algo tome una acción, o que participe en ella.
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 abstener
- abstengo first-person present singular
- abstuve first-person preterite singular
- abstenido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- absteniendo gerund
- abstenida feminine participle past
- abstenidos masculine participle past
- abstenidas feminine participle past
- abstienes indicative informal present
- abstenés indicative informal present
- abstiene indicative present singular
- abstenemos first-person indicative plural
- abstenéis indicative plural present
- abstienen indicative plural present
- abstenía first-person imperfect indicative
- abstenías imperfect indicative second-person
- absteníamos first-person imperfect indicative
- absteníais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstener?
- /absteˈneɾ/
- [aβ̞s.t̪eˈneɾ]
- [aβ̞st̪eˈneɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstener
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstener in Spanish?
abstener appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).