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renunciar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renuncií, past participle renunciat)

  1. to renounce, refuse, reject
  2. to give up

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

Verb

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renunciar

  1. to renounce, forsake, abandon

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of renunciar
infinitive renunciar
participle present perfect
renunciante renunciate
active simple perfect
present renuncia ha renunciate
past renunciava habeva renunciate
future renunciara habera renunciate
conditional renunciarea haberea renunciate
imperative renuncia
passive simple perfect
present es renunciate ha essite renunciate
past esseva renunciate habeva essite renunciate
future essera renunciate habera essite renunciate
conditional esserea renunciate haberea essite renunciate
imperative sia renunciate

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin renūntiāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/ [he.nũˈsja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɾ)/ [he.nũˈsja(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.nũ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/ [χe.nũˈsja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɻ)/ [he.nũˈsja(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧nun‧ci‧ar

Verb

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renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renunciei, past participle renunciado)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to renounce, to give up [with transitive or a ‘a belief, a perk, etc.’]
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to reject [with transitive or a ‘something, e.g. an offer’]
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to abdicate, to resign [with transitive or a ‘a position’]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • renunciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin renuntiāre. Cognate with English renounce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /renunˈθjaɾ/ [re.nũn̟ˈθjaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /renunˈsjaɾ/ [re.nũnˈsjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧nun‧ciar

Verb

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renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renuncié, past participle renunciado)

  1. (intransitive or transitive) to renounce, to abandon, to give up, to relinquish, to do without [with a or (sometimes) transitive ‘something currently possessed or done, or something that one can have’]
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Hija de mi corazón, mientras no te sometas por entero, no tendrás paz; mientras no renuncies a ese perverso juicio de las determinaciones superiores, no alcanzará tu espíritu sencillez ni pureza, ni la humildad que ha de acercarte a Dios.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015 October 26, “Tribuna”, in El País[1]:
      Por más que organizativamente tenga sentido para no perder el control del partido, en una situación de retroceso en las encuestas es más controvertido renunciar a los votos [] .
      However much organizational sense it makes not to lose control of the party, when falling behind in the polls it is more controversial to relinquish the votes []
  2. (intransitive) to renounce, to reject [with a ‘a project, endeavor, idea, belief, goal, command, order, system, method, weapons etc.’]
  3. (intransitive) to quit, to resign [with a ‘a job, a position’]
    renunciar a su trabajo
    resign from one's job
    renunciar a su cargo
    resign from one's post
  4. (intransitive) to step down, to resign, to abdicate [with a ‘from a position of authority’]
  5. (catenative) to refuse [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    • 1882, Benito Pérez Galdós, El amigo Manso, chapter 46:
      Sobre todo di mi opinión, y la señora, muy complacida, renunció a adquirir muchos objetos de dudoso gusto, a los cuales puse mi veto.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1911, José Ingenieros, El hombre mediocre:
      La Rutina [] es el hábito de renunciar a pensar.
      The routine [] is the habit of refusing to think.

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