renovate

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin renovatus, perfect passive participle of renovō (“I renew”), either directly or as a back-formation from renovation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəʊveɪt/, /ˈɹɛnəˌveɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəveɪt/

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Verb

renovate (third-person singular simple present renovates, present participle renovating, simple past and past participle renovated)

1. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

   This house is shabby: it needs renovating.

2. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 202:

     All shall relent
     Who hear me—tears as mine have flowed, shall flow,
     Hearts beat as mine now beats, with such intent
     As renovates the world; a will omnipotent! […]
     And power shall then abound, and hope arise once more.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

• renovated butter
• renovation

Translations

to renew; to revamp

• Armenian: նորոգել (hy) (norogel), վերանորոգել (hy) (veranorogel), նորացնել (hy) (noracʻnel)
• Bulgarian: възстановявам (bg) (vǎzstanovjavam), реставрирам (bg) (restavriram)
• Catalan: renovar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝修／装修 (zh) (zhuāngxiū), 修復／修复 (zh) (xiūfù), 翻新 (zh) (fānxīn)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: renoveren (nl)
• Esperanto: renovigi
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: peruskorjata, saneerata, remontoida (fi)
• French: rénover (fr), remettre à neuf (fr)
• Galician: renovar
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: renovieren (de), erneuern (de), restaurieren (de)
• Greek: ανακαινίζω (el) (anakainízo)
• Hungarian: renovál (hu), felújít (hu)
• Irish: athnuaigh
• Italian: rinnovare (it)
• Japanese: 改装する (ja) (かいそうする, kaisō-surú), 修築する (ja) (しゅうちくする, shūchiku-surú), 更改する (ja) (こうかいする, kōkai-surú)
• Khmer: ជួសជុល (km) (cuəh cul)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: renovo
• Malayalam: നവീകരിക്കുക (ml) (navīkarikkuka)
• Maori: whakahou, mekemeke
• Mongolian: шинэчлэх (mn) (šinečlex)
• Polish: remontować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: renovar (pt)
• Russian: ремонти́ровать (ru) (remontírovatʹ), обновля́ть (ru) (obnovljátʹ), восстана́вливать (ru) (vosstanávlivatʹ)
• Spanish: renovar (es), remozar (es)
• Swedish: renovera (sv), restaurera (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: ལེགས་བཅོས་གཏོང (legs bcos gtong)
• Turkish: yenilemek (tr), onarmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: оновлювати (onovljuvaty), обновляти (obnovljaty), оновити (onovyty), обновити (obnovyty)
• Vietnamese: tu sửa (vi)

to restore to freshness or vigor

• Bulgarian: освежавам (bg) (osvežavam), подновявам (bg) (podnovjavam)
• Finnish: virkistää (fi)
• Maori: whakahauora
• Portuguese: renovar (pt)
• Spanish: renovar (es)
• Swedish: renovera (sv), restaurera (sv)

See also

• rejuvenate

Anagrams

• overneat

Latin

Verb

renovāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of renovō

Spanish

Verb

renovate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of renovar combined with te