renovar

Catalan

Etymology

From nou, or from Latin renovāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.nuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.noˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.noˈvaɾ]

Verb

renovar (first-person singular present renovo, first-person singular preterite renoví, past participle renovat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to renovate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renovar (first conjugation)

infinitive			renovar
gerund			renovant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		renovat		renovada
		plural		renovats		renovades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	renovo	renoves	renova	renovem	renoveu	renoven
	imperfect	renovava	renovaves	renovava	renovàvem	renovàveu	renovaven
	future	renovaré	renovaràs	renovarà	renovarem	renovareu	renovaran
	preterite	renoví	renovares	renovà	renovàrem	renovàreu	renovaren
	conditional	renovaria	renovaries	renovaria	renovaríem	renovaríeu	renovarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	renovi	renovis	renovi	renovem	renoveu	renovin
	imperfect	renovés	renovessis	renovés	renovéssim	renovéssiu	renovessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	renova	renovi	renovem	renoveu	renovin
	negative (no)	—	no renovis	no renovi	no renovem	no renoveu	no renovin

Derived terms

• renovable

Related terms

• renovació

Further reading

• “renovar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “renovar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “renovar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “renovar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Verb

renovar

1. to renew, to renovate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renovar

infinitive		renovar
participle		present	perfect
		renovante	renovate
active		simple	perfect
	present	renova	ha renovate
	past	renovava	habeva renovate
	future	renovara	habera renovate
	conditional	renovarea	haberea renovate
	imperative	renova	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es renovate	ha essite renovate
	past	esseva renovate	habeva essite renovate
	future	essera renovate	habera essite renovate
	conditional	esserea renovate	haberea essite renovate
	imperative	sia renovate	—

Related terms

• renovabile
• renovation
• renovator

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

renovar

1. to renovate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		renovar			aver renovat
gerund		renovant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		renovat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	renovi	renovas	renova	renovam	renovatz	renovan
	imperfect	renovavi	renovavas	renovava	renovàvem	renovàvetz	renovavan
	preterite	renovèri	renovères	renovèt	renovèrem	renovèretz	renovèron
	future	renovarai	renovaràs	renovarà	renovarem	renovaretz	renovaràn
	conditional	renovariái	renovariás	renovariá	renovariam	renovariatz	renovarián
	conditional 2nd form1	renovèra	renovèras	renovèra	renoveram	renoveratz	renovèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	renove	renoves	renove	renovem	renovetz	renoven
	imperfect	renovèssi	renovèsses	renovèsse	renovèssem	renovèssetz	renovèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			renova		renovem	renovatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		renovar			aver renovat
gerund		renovant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		renovat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	renove	renoves	renova	renovam	renovatz	renovon
	imperfect	renovave	renovaves	renovava	renovaviam	renovaviatz	renovavon
	preterite	renovere	renoveres	renovet	renovem	renovetz	renoveron
	future	renovarai	renovaràs	renovará	renovarem	renovaretz	renovarán
	conditional	renovariá	renovariás	renovariá	renovariam	renovariatz	renovarián
	conditional 2nd form1	renovèra	renovèras	renovèra	renoveram	renoveratz	renovèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	renove	renoves	renove	renovassiam	renovassiatz	renovon
	imperfect	renovesse	renovesses	renovesse	renovessiam	renovessiatz	renovesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			renova		renovassiam	renovatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		renovar			aver renovat
gerund		renovant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		renovat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	renovi	renovas	renova	renovam	renovatz	renovan
	imperfect	renovavi	renovavas	renovava	renovàvam	renovàvatz	renovavan
	preterite	renovèi	renovès	renovè	renovèm	renovètz	renovèn
	future	renovarèi	renovaràs	renovarà	renovaram	renovaratz	renovaràn
	conditional	renovarí	renovarés	renovaré	renovarem	renovaretz	renovarén
	conditional 2nd form1	renovèra	renovèras	renovèra	renoveram	renoveratz	renovèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	renovi	renoves	renove	renovem	renovetz	renoven
	imperfect	renovèssi	renovèsses	renovèsse	renovèssem	renovèssetz	renovèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			renova		renovem	renovatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		renovar			aver renovat
gerund		renovant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		renovat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	renove	renovas	renova	renovam	renovatz	renovan
	imperfect	renovava	renovavas	renovava	renovàvam	renovàvatz	renovavan
	preterite	renovei	renoveras	renovet	renovèram	renovèratz	renoveran
	future	renovarai	renovaràs	renovará	renovarem	renovaretz	renovarán
	conditional	renovariá	renovariàs	renovariá	renovariam	renovariatz	renovarián
	conditional 2nd form1	renovèra	renovèras	renovèra	renoveram	renoveratz	renovèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	renove	renoves	renove	renovem	renovetz	renoven
	imperfect	renovèsse	renovèsses	renovèsse	renovèssem	renovèssetz	renovèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			renova		renovem	renovatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		renovar			aver renovat
gerund		renovant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		renovat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	renove	renoves	renova	renovam	renovatz	renovan
	imperfect	renovavi	renovavas	renovava	renovàvem	renovàvetz	renovavan
	preterite	renovère	renovères	renovèt	renoveriam	renoveriatz	renovèron
	future	renovarai	renovaràs	renovarà	renovarem	renovaretz	renovaràn
	conditional	renovariáu	renovariás	renovariá	renovariam	renovariatz	renovarián
	conditional 2nd form1	renovèra	renovèras	renovèra	renoveram	renoveratz	renovèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	renove	renoves	renove	renovem	renovetz	renovan
	imperfect	renovèsse	renovèsses	renovèsse	renovessiam	renovessiatz	renovèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			renova		renovem	renovatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• renovacion

Portuguese

Etymology

From novo, or from Latin renovāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.noˈva(ʁ)/ [he.noˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.noˈva(ʁ)/ [he.noˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.noˈva(ɾ)/ [he.noˈva(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.noˈva(ʁ)/ [χe.noˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.noˈva(ɻ)/ [he.noˈva(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nuˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nuˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nuˈbaɾ/ [ʁɨ.nuˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nuˈva.ɾi/

Verb

renovar (first-person singular present renovo, first-person singular preterite renovei, past participle renovado)

1. to renew, renovate, refurbish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renovar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	renovar
Personal	renovar	renovares	renovar	renovarmos	renovardes	renovarem
Gerund
	renovando
Past participle
Masculine	renovado			renovados
Feminine	renovada			renovadas
Indicative
Present	renovo	renovas	renova	renovamos	renovais	renovam
Imperfect	renovava	renovavas	renovava	renovávamos	renováveis	renovavam
Preterite	renovei	renovaste	renovou	renovamos1, renovámos2	renovastes	renovaram
Pluperfect	renovara	renovaras	renovara	renováramos	renováreis	renovaram
Future	renovarei	renovarás	renovará	renovaremos	renovareis	renovarão
Conditional	renovaria	renovarias	renovaria	renovaríamos	renovaríeis	renovariam
Subjunctive
Present	renove	renoves	renove	renovemos	renoveis	renovem
Imperfect	renovasse	renovasses	renovasse	renovássemos	renovásseis	renovassem
Future	renovar	renovares	renovar	renovarmos	renovardes	renovarem
Imperative
Affirmative		renova	renove	renovemos	renovai	renovem
Negative (não)		não renoves	não renove	não renovemos	não renoveis	não renovem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• renovação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin renovāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /renoˈbaɾ/ [re.noˈβ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧no‧var

Verb

renovar (first-person singular present renuevo, first-person singular preterite renové, past participle renovado)

1. (transitive) to renovate
2. (transitive) to renew

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renovar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			renovar
gerund			renovando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		renovado		renovada
		plural		renovados		renovadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	renuevo	renuevastú renovásvos	renueva	renovamos	renováis	renuevan
	imperfect	renovaba	renovabas	renovaba	renovábamos	renovabais	renovaban
	preterite	renové	renovaste	renovó	renovamos	renovasteis	renovaron
	future	renovaré	renovarás	renovará	renovaremos	renovaréis	renovarán
	conditional	renovaría	renovarías	renovaría	renovaríamos	renovaríais	renovarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	renueve	renuevestú renovésvos2	renueve	renovemos	renovéis	renueven
	imperfect (ra)	renovara	renovaras	renovara	renováramos	renovarais	renovaran
	imperfect (se)	renovase	renovases	renovase	renovásemos	renovaseis	renovasen
	future1	renovare	renovares	renovare	renováremos	renovareis	renovaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		renuevatú renovávos	renueve	renovemos	renovad	renueven
	negative		no renueves	no renueve	no renovemos	no renovéis	no renueven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of renovar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive renovar	dative	renovarme	renovarte	renovarle, renovarse	renovarnos	renovaros	renovarles, renovarse
	accusative	renovarme	renovarte	renovarlo, renovarla, renovarse	renovarnos	renovaros	renovarlos, renovarlas, renovarse
with gerund renovando	dative	renovándome	renovándote	renovándole, renovándose	renovándonos	renovándoos	renovándoles, renovándose
	accusative	renovándome	renovándote	renovándolo, renovándola, renovándose	renovándonos	renovándoos	renovándolos, renovándolas, renovándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative renueva	dative	renuévame	renuévate	renuévale	renuévanos	not used	renuévales
	accusative	renuévame	renuévate	renuévalo, renuévala	renuévanos	not used	renuévalos, renuévalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative renová	dative	renovame	renovate	renovale	renovanos	not used	renovales
	accusative	renovame	renovate	renovalo, renovala	renovanos	not used	renovalos, renovalas
with formal second-person singular imperative renueve	dative	renuéveme	not used	renuévele, renuévese	renuévenos	not used	renuéveles
	accusative	renuéveme	not used	renuévelo, renuévela, renuévese	renuévenos	not used	renuévelos, renuévelas
with first-person plural imperative renovemos	dative	not used	renovémoste	renovémosle	renovémonos	renovémoos	renovémosles
	accusative	not used	renovémoste	renovémoslo, renovémosla	renovémonos	renovémoos	renovémoslos, renovémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative renovad	dative	renovadme	not used	renovadle	renovadnos	renovaos	renovadles
	accusative	renovadme	not used	renovadlo, renovadla	renovadnos	renovaos	renovadlos, renovadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative renueven	dative	renuévenme	not used	renuévenle	renuévennos	not used	renuévenles, renuévense
	accusative	renuévenme	not used	renuévenlo, renuévenla	renuévennos	not used	renuévenlos, renuévenlas, renuévense

Derived terms

• renovable
• renovación
• renovador
• renovar la herida
• renovar la memoria
• renuevo

Further reading

• “renovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10