rentar
Spanish, verb/renˈtaɾ/
rentar is spelled R-E-N-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pactar la cesión de derechos sobre un bien o servicio de manera temporal a cambio de un pago regular”.
What does rentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Latin-Americato rent
- 2
Spainslangto be worth it, to be worthwhile
Me renta salir este finde.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pactar la cesión de derechos sobre un bien o servicio de manera temporal a cambio de un pago regular.
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 rentar
- rento first-person present singular
- renté first-person preterite singular
- rentado participle past
- rentando gerund
- rentada feminine participle past
- rentados masculine participle past
- rentadas feminine participle past
- rentas indicative informal present
- rentás indicative informal present
- renta indicative present singular
- rentamos first-person indicative plural
- rentáis indicative plural present
- rentan indicative plural present
- rentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rentabais imperfect indicative plural
- rentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rentar?
- /renˈtaɾ/
- [rẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rentar in Spanish?
rentar 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).