SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

abonar

to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

abonar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabono
túabonas
él / ella / ustedabona
nosotros / nosotrasabonamos
vosotros / vosotrasabonáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

abonar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoaboné
túabonaste
él / ella / ustedabonó
nosotros / nosotrasabonamos
vosotros / vosotrasabonasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

abonar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabonaba
túabonabas
él / ella / ustedabonaba
nosotros / nosotrasabonábamos
vosotros / vosotrasabonabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

abonar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabonaré
túabonarás
él / ella / ustedabonará
nosotros / nosotrasabonaremos
vosotros / vosotrasabonaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

abonar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabonaría
túabonarías
él / ella / ustedabonaría
nosotros / nosotrasabonaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasabonaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

abonar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabone
túabones
él / ella / ustedabone
nosotros / nosotrasabonemos
vosotros / vosotrasabonéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabonen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance
  • to give credit or describe positively
  • to make something better

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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