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renegado

Spanish, noun/reneˈɡado/

renegado is spelled R-E-N-E-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renegado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “renegade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of renegar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego de barajas entre tres jugadores, cada uno de los cuales recibe nueve cartas y gana quien haga el mayor…”.

What does renegado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerenegade

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of renegar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que voluntariamente abandona, abjura o reniega de su causa, fe, creencias, ideales, religión, etc. 2. Se dice de la persona que tiene una conducta antisocial o tosca en su manera de hablar o de tratar a los demás.

noun: 1. Juego de barajas entre tres jugadores, cada uno de los cuales recibe nueve cartas y gana quien haga el mayor número de bazas en cada lance.

verb: 1. Participio de renegar.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of renegado

  • renegados plural
  • renegada feminine
  • renegadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce renegado?

  • /reneˈɡado/
  • [re.neˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
  • [reneˈɣ̞að̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to renegado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is renegado in Spanish?

renegado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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