# abonar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βuˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.boˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.boˈnaɾ]

### Etymology 1

From a- +‎ bo +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboní, past participle abonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/ (transitive)
* to accredit, to make (someone) appear good
* to redeem the actions of (someone), to make good again
* to guarantee, to act as guarantor for (someone)
* to vouch for (someone)
* to confirm (e.g. one's fears, or a witness's claim)
* to affirm, to certify
* (agriculture) to fertilize

##### Derived terms

* abonable
* abonador

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French abonner.

#### Verb

abonar (first-person singular present abono, first-person singular preterite aboní, past participle abonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to pay for
* (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)
* (transitive) to credit (someone's account)
* (reflexive) to subscribe to

##### Derived terms

* abonament
* abonat

### 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
## 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aboˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈnaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧bo‧nar

### Etymology 1

Borrowed 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
* (pronominal) to subscribe to a service
* (pronominal) to reconcile with someone without going to court

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10