Ella VerbsTo pay, to fertilize Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Abonar (to pay, to fertilize) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: abono, abonas, abona, abonamos, abonáis, abonan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
Abonar is the Spanish verb for "to pay, to fertilize". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to abonar include: retribuir.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | abonar | to pay, to fertilize |
| Past participle | abonado | paid |
| Gerund | abonando | paying |
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The Indicative Present of abonar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "abono", meaning "I pay".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abono | I pay |
| Tú | abonas | you pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abona | s/he pays |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonamos | we pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonáis | you (plural) pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonan | they pay |
The Indicative Preterite of abonar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "aboné", meaning "I paid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aboné | I paid |
| Tú | abonaste | you paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonó | s/he paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonamos | we paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonasteis | you (plural) paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonaron | they paid |
The Indicative Imperfect of abonar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "abonaba", meaning "I used to pay".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abonaba | I used to pay |
| Tú | abonabas | you used to pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonaba | s/he used to pay |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonábamos | we used to pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonabais | you (plural) used to pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonaban | they used to pay |
The Indicative Present Continuous of abonar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy abonando", meaning "I am paying".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy abonando | I am paying |
| Tú | estás abonando | you are paying |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está abonando | s/he is paying |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos abonando | we are paying |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis abonando | you (plural) are paying |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están abonando | they are paying |
The Indicative Informal Future of abonar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a abonar", meaning "I am going to pay".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a abonar | I am going to pay |
| Tú | vas a abonar | you are going to pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a abonar | s/he is going to pay |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a abonar | we are going to pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a abonar | you (plural) are going to pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a abonar | they are going to pay |
The Indicative Future of abonar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "abonaré", meaning "I will pay".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abonaré | I will pay |
| Tú | abonarás | you will pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonará | s/he will pay |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonaremos | we will pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonaréis | you (plural) will pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonarán | they will pay |
The Indicative Conditional of abonar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "abonaría", meaning "I would pay".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abonaría | I would pay |
| Tú | abonarías | you would pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonaría | s/he would pay |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonaríamos | we would pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonaríais | you (plural) would pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonarían | they would pay |
The Indicative Present Perfect of abonar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he abonado", meaning "I have paid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abonado | I have paid |
| Tú | has abonado | you have paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha abonado | s/he has paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos abonado | we have paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis abonado | you (plural) have paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han abonado | they have paid |
The Indicative Past Perfect of abonar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había abonado", meaning "I had paid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había abonado | I had paid |
| Tú | habías abonado | you had paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había abonado | s/he had paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos abonado | we had paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais abonado | you (plural) had paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían abonado | they had paid |
The Indicative Future Perfect of abonar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré abonado", meaning "I will have paid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré abonado | I will have paid |
| Tú | habrás abonado | you will have paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá abonado | s/he will have paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos abonado | we will have paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis abonado | you (plural) will have paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán abonado | they will have paid |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of abonar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría abonado", meaning "I would have paid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría abonado | I would have paid |
| Tú | habrías abonado | you would have paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría abonado | s/he would have paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos abonado | we would have paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais abonado | you (plural) would have paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían abonado | they would have paid |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "abone", meaning "I pay".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abone | I pay |
| Tú | abones | you pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abone | s/he pays |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonemos | we pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonéis | you (plural) pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonen | they pay |
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "abonara", meaning "I paid".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abonara | I paid |
| Tú | abonaras | you paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonara | s/he paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonáramos | we paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonarais | you (plural) paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonaran | they paid |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "abonare", meaning "I will pay".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abonare | I will pay |
| Tú | abonares | you will pay |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abonare | s/he will pay |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonáremos | we will pay |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonareis | you (plural) will pay |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonaren | they will pay |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya abonado", meaning "I have paid".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya abonado | I have paid |
| Tú | hayas abonado | you have paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya abonado | s/he has paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos abonado | we have paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis abonado | you (plural) have paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan abonado | they have paid |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera abonado", meaning "I had paid".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abonado | I had paid |
| Tú | hubieras abonado | you had paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera abonado | s/he had paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos abonado | we had paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais abonado | you (plural) had paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran abonado | they had paid |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere abonado", meaning "I will have paid".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abonado | I will have paid |
| Tú | hubieres abonado | you will have paid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere abonado | s/he will have paid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos abonado | we will have paid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis abonado | you (plural) will have paid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren abonado | they will have paid |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "abone", meaning "(to you formal) pay!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | abona | (to you) pay! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abone | (to you formal) pay! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abonemos | let's pay! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abonad | (to you plural) pay! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abonen | (to you plural formal) pay! |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no abone", meaning "(to you formal) don't pay!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no abones | (to you) don't pay! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no abone | (to you formal) don't pay! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no abonemos | let's not pay! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no abonéis | (to you plural) don't pay! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no abonen | (to you plural formal) don't pay! |
Abonar is a fully regular -AR verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.
In the present tense (presente), abonar is conjugated as: yo abono, tú abonas, él/ella/usted abona, nosotros abonamos, vosotros abonáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abonan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), abonar is conjugated as: yo aboné, tú abonaste, él/ella/usted abonó, nosotros abonamos, vosotros abonasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abonaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), abonar is conjugated as: yo abonaba, tú abonabas, él/ella/usted abonaba, nosotros abonábamos, vosotros abonabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes abonaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), abonar is conjugated as: yo abonaré, tú abonarás, él/ella/usted abonará, nosotros abonaremos, vosotros abonaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abonarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), abonar is conjugated as: yo abone, tú abones, él/ella/usted abone, nosotros abonemos, vosotros abonéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abonen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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