ahorrar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From horro (“free”), from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free, noble, virtuous”). Compare to Catalan aforrar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aoˈraɾ/ [a.oˈraɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧ho‧rrar === Verb === ahorrar (first-person singular present ahorro, first-person singular preterite ahorré, past participle ahorrado) (transitive) to save (to store for future use) (transitive) to save (to conserve or prevent the wasting of) ahorrar energía ― to save energy to avoid Synonym: evitar to spare ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ahorrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025