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rentar
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Catalan
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan reentar, from Late Latin recentāre, from Latin recentem (“new”).
Pronunciation
Verb
rentar (first-person singular present rento, first-person singular preterite rentí, past participle rentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
Derived terms
- rentable
- rentacaps
- rentacares
- rentacotxes
- rentada
- rentadís
- rentadissa
- rentador
- rentadora
- rentament
- rentapeus
- rentaplats
- rentar el cervell
- rentar-se'n les mans
- rentar-se'n les mans com Pilat
- rentavaixella
Related terms
Further reading
- “rentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
rentar (first-person singular present rento, first-person singular preterite rentei, past participle rentado)
- (intransitive) to pass by
- (figurative, intransitive, colloquial) to boast of one's strength, to tout oneself [with a ‘to someone’]
- (intransitive) to court, to woo, to flirt with, to give compliments [with a ‘to someone’]
- (transitive) to provoke, to challenge
- (transitive, Portugal, Algarve) to insult
- (reflexive, Portugal, regional, vulgar) to fart noisily
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- “rentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “rentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “rentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
rentar (first-person singular present rento, first-person singular preterite renté, past participle rentado)
- (Latin America, transitive) to rent
- to be worth it, to be worthwhile
- Synonym: valer la pena
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “rentar”, 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
- “rentar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- No me renta, estoy de chill - El Independiente
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