renuncio
Spanish, noun
renuncio is spelled R-E-N-U-N-C-I-O (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renuncio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “revoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of renunciar. With an accent, renunció is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of renunciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En juegos de cartas y otros similares, jugar una carta o ficha de una denominación diferente a la que exige…”.
What does renuncio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerevoke
- 2
colloquialmasculinecontradiction, lie
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of renunciar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of renunciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En juegos de cartas y otros similares, jugar una carta o ficha de una denominación diferente a la que exige la baza en juego, cuando se podría haber servido la solicitada, contraviniendo las reglas. 2. Mentira o contradicción en la que se pilla a alguien que miente o engaña.
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 renuncio
- renuncios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is renuncio in Spanish?
renuncio appears 7.2 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).