# renunciar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.nun.siˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.nun.siˈaɾ]

### Verb

renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renuncií, past participle renunciat)
* to renounce, refuse, reject
* to give up

#### Derived terms

* renúncia
* renunciament

### Further reading

* “renunciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “renunciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “renunciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “renunciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin renuntiāre.

### Verb

renunciar
* to renounce, forsake, abandon

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | renunciar | renunciar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | renunciante | renunciate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | renuncia | ha renunciate |
| active | past | renunciava | habeva renunciate |
| active | future | renunciara | habera renunciate |
| active | conditional | renunciarea | haberea renunciate |
| active | imperative | renuncia | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es renunciate | ha essite renunciate |
| passive | past | esseva renunciate | habeva essite renunciate |
| passive | future | essera renunciate | habera essite renunciate |
| passive | conditional | esserea renunciate | haberea essite renunciate |
| passive | imperative | sia renunciate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin renūntiāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/ [he.nũˈsja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/ [he.nũˈsja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɾ)/ [he.nũˈsja(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.nũ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ʁ)/ [χe.nũˈsja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.nũ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [he.nũ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.nũˈsja(ɻ)/ [he.nũˈsja(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.nũˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.nũˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.nũˈsja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: re‧nun‧ci‧ar

### Verb

renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renunciei, past participle renunciado)
* (transitive or intransitive) to renounce, to give up [with transitive or a ‘a belief, a perk, etc.’]
* (transitive or intransitive) to reject [with transitive or a ‘something, e.g. an offer’]
* (transitive or intransitive) to abdicate, to resign [with transitive or a ‘a position’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* renúncia
* renunciável

### Further reading

* “renunciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin renuntiāre. Cognate with English renounce.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /renunˈθjaɾ/ [re.nũn̟ˈθjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /renunˈsjaɾ/ [re.nũnˈsjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧nun‧ciar

### Verb

renunciar (first-person singular present renuncio, first-person singular preterite renuncié, past participle renunciado)
* (intransitive or transitive) to renounce, to abandon, to give up, to relinquish, to do without [with a or (sometimes) transitive ‘something currently possessed or done, or something that one can have’]
** 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:Hija de mi corazón, mientras no te sometas por entero, no tendrás paz; mientras no renuncies a ese perverso juicio de las determinaciones superiores, no alcanzará tu espíritu sencillez ni pureza, ni la humildad que ha de acercarte a Dios.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2015 October 26, “Tribuna”, in El País‎:Por más que organizativamente tenga sentido para no perder el control del partido, en una situación de retroceso en las encuestas es más controvertido renunciar a los votos […] .However much organizational sense it makes not to lose control of the party, when falling behind in the polls it is more controversial to relinquish the votes […]
* (intransitive) to renounce, to reject [with a ‘a project, endeavor, idea, belief, goal, command, order, system, method, weapons etc.’]
* (intransitive) to quit, to resign [with a ‘a job, a position’]
    renunciar a su trabajoresign from one's job
    renunciar a su cargoresign from one's post
* (intransitive) to step down, to resign, to abdicate [with a ‘from a position of authority’]
* (catenative) to refuse [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
** 1882, Benito Pérez Galdós, El amigo Manso, chapter 46:Sobre todo di mi opinión, y la señora, muy complacida, renunció a adquirir muchos objetos de dudoso gusto, a los cuales puse mi veto.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1911, José Ingenieros, El hombre mediocre:La Rutina […] es el hábito de renunciar a pensar.The routine […] is the habit of refusing to think.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* renuncia
* renunciable
* renunciador
* renunciadora
* renunciamiento
* renuncio

#### Related terms

* anunciar
* denunciar
* enunciar
* nuncio
* pronunciar

### Further reading

* “renunciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10