abonar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.boˈna/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.buˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.boˈnaɾ/
Verb
abonar (first-person singular present abono, past participle abonat)
- (transitive) to pay for
- 2016 November 9, María Jesús Ibáñez, “Escola pública rica, escola pública pobra”, in El Periódico:
- O que pressionen, a través dels nens, perquè els pares abonin quotes de material i d’excursions i sortides escolars, perquè si no es paguen l’alumne en queda exclòs.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of abonar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | abonar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | abonant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | abonat | abonada | |||||
| plural | abonats | abonades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | abono | abones | abona | abonem | aboneu | abonen | |
| imperfect | abonava | abonaves | abonava | abonàvem | abonàveu | abonaven | |
| future | abonaré | abonaràs | abonarà | abonarem | abonareu | abonaran | |
| preterite | aboní | abonares | abonà | abonàrem | abonàreu | abonaren | |
| conditional | abonaria | abonaries | abonaria | abonaríem | abonaríeu | abonarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aboni | abonis | aboni | abonem | aboneu | abonin | |
| imperfect | abonés | abonessis | abonés | abonéssim | abonéssiu | abonessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | abona | aboni | abonem | aboneu | abonin | ||
Derived terms
- abonament
Further reading
- “abonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish abonar.
Verb
abonár
- advance, loan
Ido
Verb
abonar (present tense abonas, past tense abonis, future tense abonos, imperative abonez, conditional abonus)
- to subscribe to
Conjugation
Conjugation of abonar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abonar | abonir | abonor | ||||
| tense | abonas | abonis | abonos | ||||
| conditional | abonus | ||||||
| imperative | abonez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | abonanta | aboninta | abononta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | abonante | aboninte | abononte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | abonanto | aboninto | abononto | |||
| plural | abonanti | aboninti | abononti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | abonata | abonita | abonota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | abonate | abonite | abonote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | abonato | abonito | abonoto | |||
| plural | abonati | aboniti | abonoti | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + bom + -ar, literally “to make or become good”. From Latin bonus (“good”).
Verb
abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite abonei, past participle abonado)
- (transitive) to guarantee, to ensure
- Synonyms: garantir, assegurar, afiançar
- (transitive, finance) to bail
- Synonym: afiançar
- (transitive) to support, back, or give credit to something (e.g. a hypothesis)
- Synonym: comprovar
- (transitive) to accept something as legitimate or justifiable
- (reflexive) to boast, to brag
- Synonyms: gabar, vangloriar, orgulhar
Conjugation
Conjugation of abonar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | abonar | |||||
| Personal | abonar | abonares | abonar | abonarmos | abonardes | abonarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| abonando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | abonado | abonados | ||||
| Feminine | abonada | abonadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | abono | abonas | abona | abonamos | abonais | abonam |
| Imperfect | abonava | abonavas | abonava | abonávamos | abonáveis | abonavam |
| Preterite | abonei | abonaste | abonou | abonamos1, abonámos2 | abonastes | abonaram |
| Pluperfect | abonara | abonaras | abonara | abonáramos | abonáreis | abonaram |
| Future | abonarei | abonarás | abonará | abonaremos | abonareis | abonarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| abonaria | abonarias | abonaria | abonaríamos | abonaríeis | abonariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | abone | abones | abone | abonemos | aboneis | abonem |
| Imperfect | abonasse | abonasses | abonasse | abonássemos | abonásseis | abonassem |
| Future | abonar | abonares | abonar | abonarmos | abonardes | abonarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | abona | abone | abonemos | abonai | abonem | |
| Negative (não) | não abones | não abone | não abonemos | não aboneis | não abonem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aboˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈnaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧bo‧nar
Etymology 1
From French abonner (“to vouch for, subscribe someone”).
Verb
abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboné, past participle abonado)
- (transitive) to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance
- (transitive) to give credit or describe positively
- (transitive) to make something better
- Synonym: mejorar
- (transitive) to pay an amount of money
- Synonym: pagar
- Abonaremos la diferencia.
- We'll pay the difference.
- (transitive) to make an annotation in the salary on an account
- (intransitive) to pay a certain amount of money by each term of a loan or sale
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to subscribe to a service
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to reconcile with someone without going to court
Conjugation
Conjugation of abonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | abonar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | abonando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | abonado | abonada | |||||
| plural | abonados | abonadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | abono | abonastú abonásvos | abona | abonamos | abonáis | abonan | |
| imperfect | abonaba | abonabas | abonaba | abonábamos | abonabais | abonaban | |
| preterite | aboné | abonaste | abonó | abonamos | abonasteis | abonaron | |
| future | abonaré | abonarás | abonará | abonaremos | abonaréis | abonarán | |
| conditional | abonaría | abonarías | abonaría | abonaríamos | abonaríais | abonarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | abone | abonestú abonésvos2 | abone | abonemos | abonéis | abonen | |
| imperfect (ra) | abonara | abonaras | abonara | abonáramos | abonarais | abonaran | |
| imperfect (se) | abonase | abonases | abonase | abonásemos | abonaseis | abonasen | |
| future1 | abonare | abonares | abonare | abonáremos | abonareis | abonaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | abonatú abonávos | abone | abonemos | abonad | abonen | ||
| negative | no abones | no abone | no abonemos | no abonéis | no abonen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of abonar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive abonar | |||||||
| dative | abonarme | abonarte | abonarle, abonarse | abonarnos | abonaros | abonarles, abonarse | |
| accusative | abonarme | abonarte | abonarlo, abonarla, abonarse | abonarnos | abonaros | abonarlos, abonarlas, abonarse | |
| with gerund abonando | |||||||
| dative | abonándome | abonándote | abonándole, abonándose | abonándonos | abonándoos | abonándoles, abonándose | |
| accusative | abonándome | abonándote | abonándolo, abonándola, abonándose | abonándonos | abonándoos | abonándolos, abonándolas, abonándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative abona | |||||||
| dative | abóname | abónate | abónale | abónanos | not used | abónales | |
| accusative | abóname | abónate | abónalo, abónala | abónanos | not used | abónalos, abónalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aboná | |||||||
| dative | aboname | abonate | abonale | abonanos | not used | abonales | |
| accusative | aboname | abonate | abonalo, abonala | abonanos | not used | abonalos, abonalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative abone | |||||||
| dative | abóneme | not used | abónele, abónese | abónenos | not used | abóneles | |
| accusative | abóneme | not used | abónelo, abónela, abónese | abónenos | not used | abónelos, abónelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative abonemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | abonémoste | abonémosle | abonémonos | abonémoos | abonémosles | |
| accusative | not used | abonémoste | abonémoslo, abonémosla | abonémonos | abonémoos | abonémoslos, abonémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative abonad | |||||||
| dative | abonadme | not used | abonadle | abonadnos | abonaos | abonadles | |
| accusative | abonadme | not used | abonadlo, abonadla | abonadnos | abonaos | abonadlos, abonadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative abonen | |||||||
| dative | abónenme | not used | abónenle | abónennos | not used | abónenles, abónense | |
| accusative | abónenme | not used | abónenlo, abónenla | abónennos | not used | abónenlos, abónenlas, abónense | |
Etymology 2
From abono (“fertilizer”) + -ar.
Verb
abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboné, past participle abonado)
- (transitive) to fertilize (to provide nutrients to crops using fertilizers)
- Abonan los campos cada primavera.
- They put fertilizer on the fields every spring.
Conjugation
Conjugation of abonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | abonar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | abonando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | abonado | abonada | |||||
| plural | abonados | abonadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | abono | abonastú abonásvos | abona | abonamos | abonáis | abonan | |
| imperfect | abonaba | abonabas | abonaba | abonábamos | abonabais | abonaban | |
| preterite | aboné | abonaste | abonó | abonamos | abonasteis | abonaron | |
| future | abonaré | abonarás | abonará | abonaremos | abonaréis | abonarán | |
| conditional | abonaría | abonarías | abonaría | abonaríamos | abonaríais | abonarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | abone | abonestú abonésvos2 | abone | abonemos | abonéis | abonen | |
| imperfect (ra) | abonara | abonaras | abonara | abonáramos | abonarais | abonaran | |
| imperfect (se) | abonase | abonases | abonase | abonásemos | abonaseis | abonasen | |
| future1 | abonare | abonares | abonare | abonáremos | abonareis | abonaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | abonatú abonávos | abone | abonemos | abonad | abonen | ||
| negative | no abones | no abone | no abonemos | no abonéis | no abonen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of abonar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive abonar | |||||||
| dative | abonarme | abonarte | abonarle, abonarse | abonarnos | abonaros | abonarles, abonarse | |
| accusative | abonarme | abonarte | abonarlo, abonarla, abonarse | abonarnos | abonaros | abonarlos, abonarlas, abonarse | |
| with gerund abonando | |||||||
| dative | abonándome | abonándote | abonándole, abonándose | abonándonos | abonándoos | abonándoles, abonándose | |
| accusative | abonándome | abonándote | abonándolo, abonándola, abonándose | abonándonos | abonándoos | abonándolos, abonándolas, abonándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative abona | |||||||
| dative | abóname | abónate | abónale | abónanos | not used | abónales | |
| accusative | abóname | abónate | abónalo, abónala | abónanos | not used | abónalos, abónalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aboná | |||||||
| dative | aboname | abonate | abonale | abonanos | not used | abonales | |
| accusative | aboname | abonate | abonalo, abonala | abonanos | not used | abonalos, abonalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative abone | |||||||
| dative | abóneme | not used | abónele, abónese | abónenos | not used | abóneles | |
| accusative | abóneme | not used | abónelo, abónela, abónese | abónenos | not used | abónelos, abónelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative abonemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | abonémoste | abonémosle | abonémonos | abonémoos | abonémosles | |
| accusative | not used | abonémoste | abonémoslo, abonémosla | abonémonos | abonémoos | abonémoslos, abonémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative abonad | |||||||
| dative | abonadme | not used | abonadle | abonadnos | abonaos | abonadles | |
| accusative | abonadme | not used | abonadlo, abonadla | abonadnos | abonaos | abonadlos, abonadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative abonen | |||||||
| dative | abónenme | not used | abónenle | abónennos | not used | abónenles, abónense | |
| accusative | abónenme | not used | abónenlo, abónenla | abónennos | not used | abónenlos, abónenlas, abónense | |
Related terms
- abonado
- abonarse
- abono
- terreno abonado
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 14
Further reading
- “abonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014