abandonar

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

1. to abandon

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.bən.doˈna/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.bən.duˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.ban.doˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to abandon

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

1. to abandon, leave

   Synonym: deixar

2. to forsake

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

abandonar (Latin spelling)

1. 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”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˌbɐ̃.du.ˈnaɾ/, [ɐ.ˌβɐ̃.du.ˈnaɾ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˌbɐ̃.do.ˈna(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧do‧nar

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

1. (transitive) to abandon (to leave behind, especially something one was responsible for or associated with)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, 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.

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

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

   Synonyms: deixar, largar

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

   Abandone a aviação, você nunca vai ser piloto. ― Give up aviation, you will never be a pilot.

   Synonyms: desistir, largar, largar mão de

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em) to let oneself be controlled by; to put oneself in the hands of; to indulge in

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

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

From French abandonner, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

• IPA^(key): /abandoˈnaɾ/, [aβãn̪d̪oˈnaɾ]

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

1. to abandon, to leave

   La abandonó por otra mujer. ― He abandoned her for another woman.

2. to neglect

• “abandonar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.