abandonar

Probably borrowed from Spanish abandonar, from French abandonner, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

• IPA^(key): /abandoˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞ãn̪.d̪oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧do‧nar

abandonar (first-person singular indicative present abandono, past participle abandonáu)

1. to abandon

• “abandonar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Borrowed from French abandonner, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βən.duˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bən.doˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ban.doˈnaɾ]

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• Homophone: abandonà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

abandonar (first-person singular present abandono, first-person singular preterite abandoní, past participle abandonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to abandon
2. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (pronominal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• abandonament

• abandó

• “abandonar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abandonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “abandonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abandonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /abandoˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞an̪.d̪oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

abandonar (first-person singular present abandono, first-person singular preterite abandonei, past participle abandonado)

1. to abandon, leave

   Synonym: deixar

2. to forsake

• “abandonar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “abandonar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from English abandon, French abandonner, Italian abbandonare, Spanish abandonar.

• IPA^(key): /abandoˈnar/
• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧do‧nar

abandonar (present tense abandonas, past tense abandonis, future tense abandonos, imperative abandonez, conditional abandonus)

1. (transitive) to abandon, (wholly) give up, (totally) relinquish, forego, forsake

   Ne abandonez tua frato! ― Don't abandon your brother!

abandonar

1. to leave (depart from)
2. to abandon

From Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

abandonar (Hebrew spelling אבאנדונאר)

1. to abandon, leave, forsake

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• IPA^(key): /abanduˈna/

abandonar

1. to abandon

• abandonament

• abandon

From French abandonner, from Old French abandoner, formed from a (“at, to”) + bandon (“jurisdiction, control”), from Late Latin bannum (“proclamation”), bannus, bandum, from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧do‧nar

abandonar (first-person singular present abandono, first-person singular preterite abandonei, past participle abandonado)

1. (transitive) to abandon (to leave behind, especially something one was responsible for or associated with)

   Synonyms: deixar, largar

   O exército teve de abandonar o forte. ― The army had to abandon the fort.

   A mulher abandonou (o) seu bebé. ― The woman abandoned her baby.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 75:

     Não o perdoou por abandonar o serviço em vez de seguir você.

     She didn't forgive him for abandoning his service instead of following you.

2. (transitive) to give up (to quit an activity or attempt)

   Synonyms: desistir, largar, largar mão de

   Abandona/e a aviação, tu/você nunca vai(s) ser piloto. ― Give up aviation, you will never be a pilot.

3. (pronominal) to let oneself be controlled by; to put oneself in the hands of; to indulge in [with em ‘a person, an emotion, etc.’]

   Nós abandonámo-nos/nos abandonamos na tristeza. ― We let ourselves be seized by sadness.

   O réu abandonou-se/se abandonou nas mãos do advogado. ― The accused put himself in his lawyer’s hands.

• “abandonar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abandonar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “abandonar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abandonar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “abandonar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “abandonar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French abandonner, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

• IPA^(key): /abandoˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞ãn̪.d̪oˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧do‧nar

abandonar (first-person singular present abandono, first-person singular preterite abandoné, past participle abandonado)

1. (transitive) to abandon, to leave

   La abandonó por otra mujer.

   He abandoned her for another woman.

2. (transitive) to neglect

   Synonym: descuidar

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