abusar
Spanish, verb/abuˈsaɾ/
abusar is spelled A-B-U-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abusar is a Spanish verb meaning “to abuse, to betray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer uso inapropiado, excesivo o injusto de algo”.
What does abusar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abuse, to betray
- 2
to misuse
- 3
to get clever, to get smart, to wise up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer uso inapropiado, excesivo o injusto de algo. 2. Hacer objeto de trato deshonesto a una persona de menor experiencia, fuerza o poder. 3. Transgredir los límites del respeto y la ética. 4. Obligar a una persona a copular a la fuerza o en contra de su voluntad.
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 abusar
- abuso first-person present singular
- abusé first-person preterite singular
- abusado participle past
- abusando gerund
- abusada feminine participle past
- abusados masculine participle past
- abusadas feminine participle past
- abusas indicative informal present
- abusás indicative informal present
- abusa indicative present singular
- abusamos first-person indicative plural
- abusáis indicative plural present
- abusan indicative plural present
- abusaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abusabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abusábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abusabais imperfect indicative plural
- abusaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abusar?
- /abuˈsaɾ/
- [a.β̞uˈsaɾ]
- [aβ̞uˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abusar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abusar in Spanish?
abusar appears 3.9 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).