renunciar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

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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.

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renunciar

  1. to renounce, forsake, abandon

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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’]

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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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