renunciar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

Verb

renunciar

  1. to renounce, forsake, abandon

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin renūntiāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧nun‧ci‧ar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to renounce, to give up
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to reject
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to abdicate, to resign

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Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin renuntiāre. Cognate with English renounce.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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
    • 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:
      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
  3. (intransitive) to quit, to resign
    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
  5. (catenative) to refuse
    • 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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