ahorrar
Spanish, verb/aoˈraɾ/
ahorrar is spelled A-H-O-R-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahorrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to save (to store for future use)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Evitar consumir innecesariamente algún recurso”.
What does ahorrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to save (to store for future use)
¿Cuánto dinero hemos ahorrado este mes?
- 2
to save (to conserve or prevent the wasting of)
ahorrar energía
- 3
to avoid
- 4
to spare
Ahórrame los detalles por favor.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Evitar consumir innecesariamente algún recurso. 2. Guardar dinero para el futuro o con algún propósito. 3. Aprovechar los descuentos o rebajas de precios al comprar artículos. 4. Evitar gastos superfluos.
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 ahorrar
- ahorro first-person present singular
- ahorré first-person preterite singular
- ahorrado participle past
- ahorrando gerund
- ahorrada feminine participle past
- ahorrados masculine participle past
- ahorradas feminine participle past
- ahorras indicative informal present
- ahorrás indicative informal present
- ahorra indicative present singular
- ahorramos first-person indicative plural
- ahorráis indicative plural present
- ahorran indicative plural present
- ahorraba first-person imperfect indicative
- ahorrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ahorrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ahorrabais imperfect indicative plural
- ahorraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ahorrar?
- /aoˈraɾ/
- [a.oˈraɾ]
- [aoˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ahorrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ahorrar in Spanish?
ahorrar appears 13 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).