Ella Verbsrenovar to renovate, to renew Irregular Verb
At a glance: Renovar (to renovate, to renew) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: renuevo, renuevas, renueva, renovamos, renováis, renuevan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (renuevo, renuevas, renueva, renuevan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (renueve).

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The Indicative Present of renovar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “renuevo”, meaning “I renovate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renuevo | I renovate |
| Tú | renuevas | you renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renueva | s/he renovates |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovamos | we renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renováis | you (plural) renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renuevan | they renovate |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (renuevo, renuevas, renueva, renuevan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of renovar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “renové”, meaning “I renovated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renové | I renovated |
| Tú | renovaste | you renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovó | s/he renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovamos | we renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovasteis | you (plural) renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovaron | they renovated |
How it’s built: Regular: stem renov- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of renovar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “renovaba”, meaning “I used to renovate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renovaba | I used to renovate |
| Tú | renovabas | you used to renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovaba | s/he used to renovate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovábamos | we used to renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovabais | you (plural) used to renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovaban | they used to renovate |
How it’s built: Regular: stem renov- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of renovar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy renovando”, meaning “I am renovating”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy renovando | I am renovating |
| Tú | estás renovando | you are renovating |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está renovando | s/he is renovating |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos renovando | we are renovating |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis renovando | you (plural) are renovating |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están renovando | they are renovating |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund renovando.
The Indicative Informal Future of renovar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a renovar”, meaning “I am going to renovate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a renovar | I am going to renovate |
| Tú | vas a renovar | you are going to renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a renovar | s/he is going to renovate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a renovar | we are going to renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a renovar | you (plural) are going to renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a renovar | they are going to renovate |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive renovar.
The Indicative Future of renovar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “renovaré”, meaning “I will renovate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renovaré | I will renovate |
| Tú | renovarás | you will renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovará | s/he will renovate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovaremos | we will renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovaréis | you (plural) will renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovarán | they will renovate |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive renovar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of renovar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “renovaría”, meaning “I would renovate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renovaría | I would renovate |
| Tú | renovarías | you would renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovaría | s/he would renovate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovaríamos | we would renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovaríais | you (plural) would renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovarían | they would renovate |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive renovar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of renovar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he renovado”, meaning “I have renovated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he renovado | I have renovated |
| Tú | has renovado | you have renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha renovado | s/he has renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos renovado | we have renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis renovado | you (plural) have renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han renovado | they have renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle renovado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of renovar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había renovado”, meaning “I had renovated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había renovado | I had renovated |
| Tú | habías renovado | you had renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había renovado | s/he had renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos renovado | we had renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais renovado | you (plural) had renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían renovado | they had renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle renovado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of renovar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré renovado”, meaning “I will have renovated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré renovado | I will have renovated |
| Tú | habrás renovado | you will have renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá renovado | s/he will have renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos renovado | we will have renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis renovado | you (plural) will have renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán renovado | they will have renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle renovado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of renovar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría renovado”, meaning “I would have renovated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría renovado | I would have renovated |
| Tú | habrías renovado | you would have renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría renovado | s/he would have renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos renovado | we would have renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais renovado | you (plural) would have renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían renovado | they would have renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle renovado.
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “renueve”, meaning “I renovate”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renueve | I renovate |
| Tú | renueves | you renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renueve | s/he renovates |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovemos | we renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovéis | you (plural) renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renueven | they renovate |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, renuevo (renueve, renueves, renueve, renueven); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “renovara”, meaning “I renovated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renovara | I renovated |
| Tú | renovaras | you renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovara | s/he renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renováramos | we renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovarais | you (plural) renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovaran | they renovated |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, renovaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (renováramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “renovare”, meaning “I will renovate”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | renovare | I will renovate |
| Tú | renovares | you will renovate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renovare | s/he will renovate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renováremos | we will renovate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovareis | you (plural) will renovate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renovaren | they will renovate |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, renovaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (renováremos).
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya renovado”, meaning “I have renovated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya renovado | I have renovated |
| Tú | hayas renovado | you have renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya renovado | s/he has renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos renovado | we have renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis renovado | you (plural) have renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan renovado | they have renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle renovado.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera renovado”, meaning “I had renovated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera renovado | I had renovated |
| Tú | hubieras renovado | you had renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera renovado | s/he had renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos renovado | we had renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais renovado | you (plural) had renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran renovado | they had renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle renovado.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere renovado”, meaning “I will have renovated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere renovado | I will have renovated |
| Tú | hubieres renovado | you will have renovated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere renovado | s/he will have renovated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos renovado | we will have renovated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis renovado | you (plural) will have renovated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren renovado | they will have renovated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle renovado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “renueve”, meaning “(to you formal) renovate!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | renueva | (to you) renovate! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | renueve | (to you formal) renovate! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | renovemos | let's renovate! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | renovad | (to you plural) renovate! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | renueven | (to you plural formal) renovate! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (renueva); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (renueve, renovemos, renueven); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (renovad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no renueve”, meaning “(to you formal) don't renovate!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no renueves | (to you) don't renovate! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no renueve | (to you formal) don't renovate! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no renovemos | let's not renovate! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no renovéis | (to you plural) don't renovate! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no renueven | (to you plural formal) don't renovate! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no renueves, no renueve, no renovemos, no renovéis, no renueven.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Renovar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (renuevo, renuevas, renueva, renuevan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (renueve).
In the present tense (presente), renovar is conjugated as: yo renuevo, tú renuevas, él/ella/usted renueva, nosotros renovamos, vosotros renováis, ellos/ellas/ustedes renuevan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), renovar is conjugated as: yo renové, tú renovaste, él/ella/usted renovó, nosotros renovamos, vosotros renovasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes renovaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), renovar is conjugated as: yo renovaba, tú renovabas, él/ella/usted renovaba, nosotros renovábamos, vosotros renovabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes renovaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), renovar is conjugated as: yo renovaré, tú renovarás, él/ella/usted renovará, nosotros renovaremos, vosotros renovaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes renovarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), renovar is conjugated as: yo renueve, tú renueves, él/ella/usted renueve, nosotros renovemos, vosotros renovéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes renueven. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
Renovar means "to renovate, to renew" in the standard sense. Renovarse is the reflexive form, which typically means the action is done to oneself or to each other. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) is added before the conjugated verb. For example, "no se renuevan" instead of "no renuevan".
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