Solicitamos el abono provisional.

Both can mean we request / we ask for, but solicitar is usually more formal and is very common in administrative, legal, business, and official writing.

So Solicitamos el abono provisional sounds like something you might see in:

• a formal letter
• an email to a company
• a claim or application
• bureaucratic paperwork

Pedimos el abono provisional is grammatically fine, but it sounds less formal and more everyday.

It can mean either one, because for -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in:

• the present: we request
• the preterite: we requested

So solicitamos can mean:

• we request
• we requested

You need context to know which one is intended. In formal documents, the present is very common for making requests, so we request is often the most natural reading.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, solicitamos tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Solicitamos el abono provisional.
• Nosotros solicitamos el abono provisional.

Both are correct, but the version without nosotros is more natural unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Nosotros solicitamos el abono provisional, no ellos.

Because solicitar normally takes a direct object directly, without a preposition.

So you say:

• Solicitamos el abono provisional.
• Solicito una revisión.
• Solicitan información.

This is different from some other Spanish verbs or structures where English speakers may expect a preposition.

Abono is a word with several meanings in Spanish, so learners often find it tricky. Depending on context, it can mean things like:

• a payment
• a credit or refund entry
• an instalment
• a subscription / season ticket
• even fertilizer in other contexts

In administrative or financial language, it often refers to a payment or credit being made to an account.

So the exact meaning depends very strongly on the context. That is why this word can feel more technical than a basic word like pago.

Spanish often uses the definite article where English may or may not use one.

Here, el abono refers to a specific payment/credit/subscription/etc. that both sides understand from the context.

Using el makes it sound like:

• the relevant payment
• the payment in question
• the specific credit being requested

Without the article, the phrase would usually sound less natural in this kind of formal sentence.

In Spanish, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they are descriptive, classifying, or technical.

So:

• abono provisional is the normal order.

This adjective is helping classify the noun: it is not just any abono, but a provisional one.

Putting the adjective before the noun would sound unusual here and could change the tone or emphasis.

Provisional means something like temporary, interim, or pending final confirmation.

It suggests that the abono is:

• not final
• subject to later adjustment
• made as an interim measure

This is a common word in formal or administrative Spanish.

It often implies more than just temporary in the everyday sense; it usually means valid for now until the final decision or final amount is established.

Yes, very formal.

The combination of:

• solicitamos
• abono
• provisional

makes it sound clearly administrative, legal, financial, or bureaucratic.

A more everyday sentence might use simpler wording, but this one sounds like it belongs in:

• formal correspondence
• official requests
• complaints
• finance or insurance documents

Yes, it is a complete sentence.

It has:

• an implied subject: we
• a verb: solicitamos
• a direct object: el abono provisional

Spanish does not need an explicit subject pronoun, so this is fully complete and natural.

Usually, no. A very literal translation may sound stiff or unnatural in English.

That is common with formal Spanish. Spanish administrative language often uses nouns and verbs that do not match natural English word-for-word.

So even if you understand:

• solicitamos = we request
• abono = a technical word like payment/credit/refund entry
• provisional = provisional/interim

the best English translation often depends on the exact context rather than a strict word-for-word rendering.

It is not necessarily a completely fixed idiom, but it does sound like a set administrative collocation: a noun plus adjective combination that commonly appears in formal contexts.

Spanish official language often uses this kind of structure:

• pago provisional
• ingreso provisional
• autorización provisional
• abono provisional

So even if it is not an idiom in the strict sense, it behaves like a standard formal expression.