amonestar
Spanish, verb/amonesˈtaɾ/
amonestar is spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amonestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to warn; to reprimand; to admonish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite”.
What does amonestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to warn; to reprimand; to admonish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite. 2. Advertir y aplicar un correctivo a una persona por una falta que esta haya cometido. Suele ser más leve que una sanción en sí. 3. Publicar en la iglesia al tiempo de la misa mayor los nombres y otras circunstancias de las personas que quieren contraer matrimonio u ordenarse, para que si alguien supiere algún impedimento lo denuncie.
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 amonestar
- amonesto first-person present singular
- amonesté first-person preterite singular
- amonestado participle past
- amonestando gerund
- amonestada feminine participle past
- amonestados masculine participle past
- amonestadas feminine participle past
- amonestas indicative informal present
- amonestás indicative informal present
- amonesta indicative present singular
- amonestamos first-person indicative plural
- amonestáis indicative plural present
- amonestan indicative plural present
- amonestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amonestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amonestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amonestabais imperfect indicative plural
- amonestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amonestar?
- /amonesˈtaɾ/
- [a.mo.nesˈt̪aɾ]
- [amonesˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amonestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amonestar in Spanish?
amonestar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).