renegar

See also: Renegar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin renegāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.nəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.neˈɣaɾ]

Verb

renegar (first-person singular present renego, first-person singular preterite reneguí, past participle renegat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to disown, renounce
2. (intransitive) to swear, blaspheme
   • 2021 May 28, Mar Bosch Oliveras, “Aigua i sabó”, in EL PAÍS‎^[1]:

     Tinc una amiga que ha perdut el combat contra dues indecències: la del tabac i la dels renecs. Tanmateix, si bé ha estat setmanes sense portar-se cap cigarret als llavis, no ha pogut passar ni un sol dia sense renegar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			renegar
gerund			renegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		renegat		renegada
		plural		renegats		renegades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	renego	renegues	renega	reneguem	renegueu	reneguen
	imperfect	renegava	renegaves	renegava	renegàvem	renegàveu	renegaven
	future	renegaré	renegaràs	renegarà	renegarem	renegareu	renegaran
	preterite	reneguí	renegares	renegà	renegàrem	renegàreu	renegaren
	conditional	renegaria	renegaries	renegaria	renegaríem	renegaríeu	renegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	renegui	reneguis	renegui	reneguem	renegueu	reneguin
	imperfect	renegués	reneguessis	renegués	reneguéssim	reneguéssiu	reneguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	renega	renegui	reneguem	renegueu	reneguin
	negative (no)	—	no reneguis	no renegui	no reneguem	no renegueu	no reneguin

Derived terms

• renec

Further reading

• “renegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “renegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• arnegar, arrenegar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese renegar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from re- + negar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish renegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reneˈɣaɾ/

Verb

renegar (first-person singular present renego, first-person singular preterite reneguei, past participle renegado)

1. (intransitive) to swear; to mutter

   Deixa de arrenegar e ponte a traballar! ― Stop muttering and make some work!

2. (intransitive) to cause rejection or disgust

   O caldo arrenega con tanto sal. ― The broth is disgusting, so salty!

3. (intransitive) to renounce [with de ‘an ideology or belief’]
4. (intransitive) to disown (to refuse to acknowledge as one’s own) [with de ‘someone’]
5. (transitive) to renege (to break a promise or commitment)
6. (transitive) to reject, deny

   Arrenégote, Demo! (idiom) ― I deny you, Devil!

   • 1417, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 110:

     Sabean quantos esta carta de testamento viren como eu Afonso García de Seabra, estando doente de tal door que me Deus quiso dar, e teméndome de morte, que é cousa natural, renego ó diabro e todas suas obras e tentaçoes, outórgome por vasalo de meu Señor Ihu Xpo e de Santa María, sua madre, et rogo a San Miguell o Ango que resçiba a miña alma pera o meu señor Ihu Xpo, quando me de o corpo sayr

     Everyone who sees this charter of testament must know that I Afonso Garcia de Seabra, beign sick of this ache that God wanted to give me, and fearing death, that is a natural thing, I reject the Devil and all of his works and temptations, and confer myself as vassal of my Lord Jesus Christ and of Saint Mary, his mother, and I pray Saint Michael the Angel that he receives my soul, for my lord Jesus Christ, when from my body it departs

   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 331:

     Ano de LVIII, ao primeiro de março, Johán Garrido deu querella que dous omes do prouisor, que an nome ------, que o dia donte que tomaron a seu fillo Afonso hum capuço de mescra et hua espada et que lle diseran a él que lle darían con as lanças, e llas poseran de ponta eno ventre; disendo que renegan que non chantaran as lanças en él, por que lles desía que non fesese mal a seu fillo nen a él, disendo que lle tomauan a dita espada e capa por hun casquo espada que lle acó tomaran et que lles llo non dauan

     Year of '58, the first of may, Xoán Garrido denounced that two of the vicar's men, who are named ----, yesterday took from his son Afonso a hood of mixture and a sword, and that they told him that they would hit him with their spears, and that they put the spearheads in his belly; [they] said that they deny that they planted the spears on him, because he was asking them not to hurt him or his son, and said that they took that sword and cloak for another helm and sword that they took here and that they were not giving it back

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renegar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	renegar
Personal	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegaren
Gerund
	renegando
Past participle
Masculine	renegado			renegados
Feminine	renegada			renegadas
Indicative
Present	renego	renegas	renega	renegamos	renegades	renegan
Imperfect	renegaba	renegabas	renegaba	renegabamos	renegabades	renegaban
Preterite	reneguei	renegaches	renegou	renegamos	renegastes	renegaron
Pluperfect	renegara	renegaras	renegara	renegaramos	renegarades	renegaran
Future	renegarei	renegarás	renegará	renegaremos	renegaredes	renegarán
Conditional	renegaría	renegarías	renegaría	renegariamos	renegariades	renegarían
Subjunctive
Present	renegue	renegues	renegue	reneguemos	reneguedes	reneguen
Imperfect	renegase	renegases	renegase	renegásemos	renegásedes	renegasen
Future	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegaren
Imperative
Affirmative		renega	renegue	reneguemos	renegade	reneguen
Negative (non)		non renegues	non renegue	non reneguemos	non reneguedes	non reneguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of renegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	renegar
Personal	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegarem
Gerund
	renegando
Past participle
Masculine	renegado			renegados
Feminine	renegada			renegadas
Indicative
Present	renego	renegas	renega	renegamos	renegades, renegais	renegam
Imperfect	renegava	renegavas	renegava	renegávamos	renegávades, renegáveis, renegávais1	renegavam
Preterite	reneguei	renegaste, renegache1	renegou	renegamos	renegastes	renegárom, renegaram
Pluperfect	renegara	renegaras	renegara	renegáramos	renegárades, renegáreis, renegárais1	renegaram
Future	renegarei	renegarás	renegará	renegaremos	renegaredes, renegareis	renegarám, renegarão
Conditional	renegaria	renegarias	renegaria	renegaríamos	renegaríades, renegaríeis, renegaríais1	renegariam
Subjunctive
Present	renegue	renegues	renegue	reneguemos	reneguedes, renegueis	reneguem
Imperfect	renegasse	renegasses	renegasse	renegássemos	renegássedes, renegásseis	renegassem
Future	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		renega	renegue	reneguemos	renegade, renegai	reneguem
Negative (nom)		nom renegues	nom renegue	nom reneguemos	nom reneguedes, nom renegueis	nom reneguem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• arre demo
• renegado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “renegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reneg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrenegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “renegar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “renegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “renegar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “renegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arrenegar

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.neˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.neˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.neˈɡa(ɾ)/ [he.neˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χe.neˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.neˈɡa(ɻ)/ [he.neˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.nɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.nɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.nɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.nɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧ne‧gar

Verb

renegar (first-person singular present renego, first-person singular preterite reneguei, past participle renegado)

1. to renounce an ideology
2. to disown (to refuse to acknowledge as one’s own)
3. to renege (to break a promise or commitment)
4. to reject or detest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	renegar
Personal	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegarem
Gerund
	renegando
Past participle
Masculine	renegado			renegados
Feminine	renegada			renegadas
Indicative
Present	renego	renegas	renega	renegamos	renegais	renegam
Imperfect	renegava	renegavas	renegava	renegávamos	renegáveis	renegavam
Preterite	reneguei	renegaste	renegou	renegamos1, renegámos2	renegastes	renegaram
Pluperfect	renegara	renegaras	renegara	renegáramos	renegáreis	renegaram
Future	renegarei	renegarás	renegará	renegaremos	renegareis	renegarão
Conditional	renegaria	renegarias	renegaria	renegaríamos	renegaríeis	renegariam
Subjunctive
Present	renegue	renegues	renegue	reneguemos	renegueis	reneguem
Imperfect	renegasse	renegasses	renegasse	renegássemos	renegásseis	renegassem
Future	renegar	renegares	renegar	renegarmos	renegardes	renegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		renega	renegue	reneguemos	renegai	reneguem
Negative (não)		não renegues	não renegue	não reneguemos	não renegueis	não reneguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin renegāre, from Latin re- + negō (“to deny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reneˈɡaɾ/ [re.neˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ne‧gar

Verb

renegar (first-person singular present reniego, first-person singular preterite renegué, past participle renegado)

1. (intransitive) to complain

   Synonyms: quejarse, refunfuñar

2. (transitive) to deny vigorously, to renounce
3. (transitive) to detest, abhor

   Synonyms: detestar, abominar

4. (intransitive) to apostatize
5. (intransitive) to swear, blaspheme

   Synonyms: blasfemar, maldecir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of renegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			renegar
gerund			renegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		renegado		renegada
		plural		renegados		renegadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reniego	reniegastú renegásvos	reniega	renegamos	renegáis	reniegan
	imperfect	renegaba	renegabas	renegaba	renegábamos	renegabais	renegaban
	preterite	renegué	renegaste	renegó	renegamos	renegasteis	renegaron
	future	renegaré	renegarás	renegará	renegaremos	renegaréis	renegarán
	conditional	renegaría	renegarías	renegaría	renegaríamos	renegaríais	renegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reniegue	renieguestú reneguésvos2	reniegue	reneguemos	reneguéis	renieguen
	imperfect (ra)	renegara	renegaras	renegara	renegáramos	renegarais	renegaran
	imperfect (se)	renegase	renegases	renegase	renegásemos	renegaseis	renegasen
	future1	renegare	renegares	renegare	renegáremos	renegareis	renegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reniegatú renegávos	reniegue	reneguemos	renegad	renieguen
	negative		no reniegues	no reniegue	no reneguemos	no reneguéis	no renieguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of renegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive renegar
	dative	renegarme	renegarte	renegarle, renegarse	renegarnos	renegaros	renegarles, renegarse
	accusative	renegarme	renegarte	renegarlo, renegarla, renegarse	renegarnos	renegaros	renegarlos, renegarlas, renegarse
with gerund renegando
	dative	renegándome	renegándote	renegándole, renegándose	renegándonos	renegándoos	renegándoles, renegándose
	accusative	renegándome	renegándote	renegándolo, renegándola, renegándose	renegándonos	renegándoos	renegándolos, renegándolas, renegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reniega
	dative	reniégame	reniégate	reniégale	reniéganos	not used	reniégales
	accusative	reniégame	reniégate	reniégalo, reniégala	reniéganos	not used	reniégalos, reniégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative renegá
	dative	renegame	renegate	renegale	reneganos	not used	renegales
	accusative	renegame	renegate	renegalo, renegala	reneganos	not used	renegalos, renegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reniegue
	dative	reniégueme	not used	reniéguele, reniéguese	reniéguenos	not used	reniégueles
	accusative	reniégueme	not used	reniéguelo, reniéguela, reniéguese	reniéguenos	not used	reniéguelos, reniéguelas
with first-person plural imperative reneguemos
	dative	not used	reneguémoste	reneguémosle	reneguémonos	reneguémoos	reneguémosles
	accusative	not used	reneguémoste	reneguémoslo, reneguémosla	reneguémonos	reneguémoos	reneguémoslos, reneguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative renegad
	dative	renegadme	not used	renegadle	renegadnos	renegaos	renegadles
	accusative	renegadme	not used	renegadlo, renegadla	renegadnos	renegaos	renegadlos, renegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative renieguen
	dative	reniéguenme	not used	reniéguenle	reniéguennos	not used	reniéguenles, reniéguense
	accusative	reniéguenme	not used	reniéguenlo, reniéguenla	reniéguennos	not used	reniéguenlos, reniéguenlas, reniéguense

Derived terms

• renegado
• renegón

 

Further reading

• “renegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• generar
• negrera