renunciar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/
renunciar is spelled R-E-N-U-N-C-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renunciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to renounce, to give up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recusar aquilo a que se tem direito”.
What does renunciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to renounce, to give up
- 2
to reject
- 3
to abdicate, to resign
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. recusar aquilo a que se tem direito 2. rejeitar 3. abjurar, abnegar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of renunciar
- renuncio first-person present singular
- renunciei first-person preterite singular
- renunciado participle past
- renunciares infinitive second-person singular
- renunciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- renunciardes infinitive plural second-person
- renunciarem infinitive plural third-person
- renunciando gerund
- renunciados masculine participle past
- renunciada feminine participle past
- renunciadas feminine participle past
- renuncias indicative present second-person
- renuncia indicative present singular
- renunciamos first-person indicative plural
- renunciais indicative plural present
- renunciam indicative plural present
- renunciava first-person imperfect indicative
- renunciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renunciar?
- Brazil /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.nũ.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
renunciar appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).