abonar

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

From a- +‎ bo +‎ -ar.

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboní, past participle abonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (transitive)

1. to accredit, to make (someone) appear good
2. to redeem the actions of (someone), to make good again
3. to guarantee, to act as guarantor for (someone)
4. to vouch for (someone)
5. to confirm (e.g. one's fears, or a witness's claim)
6. to affirm, to certify
7. (agriculture) to fertilize

• abonable
• abonador

Borrowed from French abonner.

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboní, past participle abonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to pay for
2. (transitive) to remit (payment)
   • 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 quotation)

3. (transitive) to credit (someone's account)
4. (reflexive) to subscribe to

• abonament
• abonat

• “abonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Spanish abonar.

abonár

1. advance, loan

abonar (present tense abonas, past tense abonis, future tense abonos, imperative abonez, conditional abonus)

1. to subscribe to

    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

From a- +‎ bom +‎ -ar, literally “to make or become good”. From Latin bonus (“good”).

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite abonei, past participle abonado)

1. (transitive) to guarantee, to ensure

   Synonyms: garantir, assegurar, afiançar

2. (transitive, finance) to bail

   Synonym: afiançar

3. (transitive) to support, back, or give credit to something (e.g. a hypothesis)

   Synonym: comprovar

4. (transitive) to accept something as legitimate or justifiable
5. (reflexive) to boast, to brag

   Synonyms: gabar, vangloriar, orgulhar

• IPA^(key): /aboˈnaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧nar

Borrowed from French abonner (“to vouch for, subscribe someone”).

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboné, past participle abonado)

1. (transitive) to accredit a sum of money to the account of someone, contributing funds or reducing the balance
2. (transitive) to give credit or describe positively
3. (transitive) to make something better

   Synonym: mejorar

4. (transitive) to pay an amount of money

   Synonym: pagar

   Abonaremos la diferencia.

   We'll pay the difference.

5. (transitive) to make an annotation in the salary on an account
6. (intransitive) to pay a certain amount of money by each term of a loan or sale
7. (pronominal) to subscribe to a service
8. (pronominal) to reconcile with someone without going to court

From abono (“fertilizer”) +‎ -ar.

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboné, past participle abonado)

1. (transitive) to fertilize (to provide nutrients to crops using fertilizers)

   Abonan los campos cada primavera.

   They put fertilizer on the fields every spring.

• 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

• “abonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10