renunciar
Spanish, verb/renunˈθjaɾ/
renunciar is spelled R-E-N-U-N-C-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renunciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to renounce, to abandon, to give up, to relinquish, to do without” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar voluntariamente algo que se posee o a lo que se tiene derecho”.
What does renunciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to renounce, to abandon, to give up, to relinquish, to do without
- 2
to renounce, to reject
- 3
to quit, to resign
renunciar a su trabajo
- 4
to step down, to resign, to abdicate
- 5
to refuse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar voluntariamente algo que se posee o a lo que se tiene derecho. 2. Dejar de hacer una cosa por sacrificio o necesidad. 3. Retirarse voluntariamente de una actividad laboral.
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 renunciar
- renuncio first-person present singular
- renuncié first-person preterite singular
- renunciado participle past
- renunciando gerund
- renunciada feminine participle past
- renunciados masculine participle past
- renunciadas feminine participle past
- renuncias indicative informal present
- renunciás indicative informal present
- renuncia indicative present singular
- renunciamos first-person indicative plural
- renunciáis indicative plural present
- renuncian indicative plural present
- renunciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- renunciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- renunciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- renunciabais imperfect indicative plural
- renunciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renunciar?
- /renunˈθjaɾ/
- [re.nũn̟ˈθjaɾ]
- /renunˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to renunciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is renunciar in Spanish?
renunciar appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).