Renovar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb renovar means to renew, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Renovar covers renewing documents and contracts, and also refurbishing a room or a house. For a subscription or a licence it means to extend it for another period. Like every Spanish verb, renovar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero — "I renew his passport in January". Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: renovar
  • English: to renew
  • Verb type: stem-changing -ar verb (o → ue)
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: renovando
  • Past participle: renovado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + renovado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for renovar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for renovar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Present indicative

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renuevo | | tú | renuevas | | él/ella/Ud. | renueva | | nosotros/as | renovamos | | vosotros/as | renováis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renuevan |

Preterite

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renové | | tú | renovaste | | él/ella/Ud. | renovó | | nosotros/as | renovamos | | vosotros/as | renovasteis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renovaron |

Imperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renovaba | | tú | renovabas | | él/ella/Ud. | renovaba | | nosotros/as | renovábamos | | vosotros/as | renovabais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renovaban |

Future

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renovaré | | tú | renovarás | | él/ella/Ud. | renovará | | nosotros/as | renovaremos | | vosotros/as | renovaréis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renovarán |

Conditional

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renovaría | | tú | renovarías | | él/ella/Ud. | renovaría | | nosotros/as | renovaríamos | | vosotros/as | renovaríais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renovarían |

Present perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | he renovado | | tú | has renovado | | él/ella/Ud. | ha renovado | | nosotros/as | hemos renovado | | vosotros/as | habéis renovado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | han renovado |

Pluperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | había renovado | | tú | habías renovado | | él/ella/Ud. | había renovado | | nosotros/as | habíamos renovado | | vosotros/as | habíais renovado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían renovado |

Future perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | habré renovado | | tú | habrás renovado | | él/ella/Ud. | habrá renovado | | nosotros/as | habremos renovado | | vosotros/as | habréis renovado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán renovado |

Conditional perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | habría renovado | | tú | habrías renovado | | él/ella/Ud. | habría renovado | | nosotros/as | habríamos renovado | | vosotros/as | habríais renovado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían renovado |

Present subjunctive

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renueve | | tú | renueves | | él/ella/Ud. | renueve | | nosotros/as | renovemos | | vosotros/as | renovéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renueven |

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | renovara | | tú | renovaras | | él/ella/Ud. | renovara | | nosotros/as | renováramos | | vosotros/as | renovarais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renovaran |

Imperative (affirmative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | renueva | | él/ella/Ud. | renueve | | nosotros/as | renovemos | | vosotros/as | renovad | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renueven |

Imperative (negative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | renueves | | él/ella/Ud. | renueve | | nosotros/as | renovemos | | vosotros/as | renovéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | renueven |

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund renovando with estar for the progressive: está renovando
Past participle renovado with haber for the perfect tenses: he renovado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis. For renovar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero — "I renew his passport in January".

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, yo renové el contrato de alquiler — "Yesterday, I renewed the rental contract".

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, yo renovaba la suscripción a la revista — "As a child, I used to renew the magazine subscription".

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, yo renovaré la cocina de la casa — "Tomorrow, I will renew the kitchen of the house".

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo renovaría el pasaporte en enero si pudiera — "I would renew his passport in January if I could".

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, yo he renovado el contrato de alquiler — "Today, I have renewed the rental contract".

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo ya había renovado la suscripción a la revista antes de salir — "I already had renewed the magazine subscription before leaving".

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, yo habré renovado la cocina de la casa — "By tomorrow, I will have renewed the kitchen of the house".

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría renovado el pasaporte en enero con más tiempo — "I would have renewed his passport in January with more time".

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis. For renovar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él renueve el contrato de alquiler — "I hope he renews the rental contract".

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past. The -ra forms are shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For renovar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo renovara la suscripción a la revista, todo cambiaría — "If I renewed the magazine subscription, everything would change".

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis. For renovar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Renueva la cocina de la casa. — "Renew the kitchen of the house.".

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis. For renovar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No renueves el pasaporte en enero. — "Do not renew his passport in January.".

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with renovar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero — "I renew his passport in January"
  2. Mi amigo renueva el contrato de alquiler — "My friend renews the rental contract"
  3. Ayer, yo renové la suscripción a la revista — "Yesterday, I renewed the magazine subscription"
  4. Antes, nosotros renovábamos la cocina de la casa — "Before, we used to renew the kitchen of the house"
  5. Mañana, tú renovarás su compromiso con el equipo — "Tomorrow, you will renew his commitment to the team"
  6. Yo renovaría el pasaporte en enero si tuviera más tiempo — "I would renew his passport in January if I had more time"
  7. Él ha renovado el contrato de alquiler — "He has renewed the rental contract"
  8. Espero que él renueve la suscripción a la revista — "I hope he renews the magazine subscription"
  9. Yo ya había renovado la cocina de la casa antes de salir — "I already had renewed the kitchen of the house before leaving"
  10. Ellos renovaban su compromiso con el equipo cuando eran jóvenes — "They used to renew his commitment to the team when they were young"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo renovo el contrato de alquiler. — Right: Yo renuevo el contrato de alquiler. — renovar is a stem-changing verb (o → ue): the stem vowel changes in the stressed present forms, so the yo form is renuevo, not renovo.
  2. Wrong: Espero que él renueva el contrato de alquiler — Right: Espero que él renueve el contrato de alquiler — After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él renueve el contrato de alquiler — not the indicative Espero que él renueva el contrato de alquiler.
  3. Wrong: Ayer, yo renuevo la suscripción a la revista — Right: Ayer, yo renové la suscripción a la revista — Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo renové la suscripción a la revista.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo renové la cocina de la casa todos los días — Right: De niño, yo renovaba la cocina de la casa todos los días — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo renovaba la cocina de la casa todos los días.
  5. Wrong: Yo renuevo en el pasaporte en enero. — Right: Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero. — renovar takes this complement directly, with no preposition: Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on renovar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ el pasaporte en enero — "I renew his passport in January" (present) A. renuevo B. renuevas C. renueva D. renovamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ______ el contrato de alquiler — "He renewed the rental contract" (preterite) A. renovó B. renové C. renovaste D. renovamos

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ la suscripción a la revista — "We used to renew the magazine subscription" (imperfect) A. renovábamos B. renovaba C. renovabas D. renovabais

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú ______ la cocina de la casa — "You will renew the kitchen of the house" (future) A. renovarás B. renovaré C. renovará D. renovaremos

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ su compromiso con el equipo — "I would renew his commitment to the team" (conditional) A. renovarías B. renovaríamos C. renovaríais D. renovaría

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ el pasaporte en enero — "I hope he renews his passport in January" (present subjunctive) A. renueve B. renueves C. renovemos D. renovéis

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ______ el contrato de alquiler, todo cambiaría — "If I renewed the rental contract, everything would change" (imperfect subjunctive) A. renovara B. renovaras C. renováramos D. renovarais

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ la suscripción a la revista — "We have renewed the magazine subscription" (present perfect) A. hemos renovado B. he renovado C. has renovado D. ha renovado

  9. Complete the sentence: No ______ la cocina de la casa. — "Do not renew the kitchen of the house." (negative imperative) A. renueves B. renueve C. renovemos D. renovéis

  10. Which is the gerund of renovar, used with estar for the progressive? A. renové B. renovando C. renovado D. renuevo

Answer key

  1. renuevo — The present form for yo is renuevo.
  2. renovó — The preterite form for él/ella/Ud. is renovó.
  3. renovábamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is renovábamos.
  4. renovarás — The future form for tú is renovarás.
  5. renovaría — The conditional form for yo is renovaría.
  6. renueve — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is renueve.
  7. renovara — The imperfect subjunctive form for yo is renovara.
  8. hemos renovado — The present perfect form for nosotros/as is hemos renovado.
  9. renueves — The negative imperative form is renueves.
  10. renovando — The gerund of renovar is renovando: estoy renovando. The participle renovado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does renovar mean in English?

renovar means to renew. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo renuevo el pasaporte en enero — "I renew his passport in January". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is renovar regular?

No. renovar is a stem-changing -ar verb (o → ue). The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: renuevo, renuevas, renueva and renuevan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: renovamos, renováis. The nosotros and vosotros forms keep the plain stem, which is the part learners most often get right by accident.

What is the gerund and the past participle of renovar?

The gerund is renovando and the past participle is renovado. Use the gerund with estar for the progressive, and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses.

How do I say "I renew" in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Ayer, yo renové el contrato de alquiler — "Yesterday, I renewed the rental contract". For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: De niño, yo renovaba la suscripción a la revista — "As a child, I used to renew the magazine subscription". For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Hoy, yo he renovado el contrato de alquiler — "Today, I have renewed the rental contract".

What is the difference between renovar and actualizar?

Actualizar is to update information or software to the latest version. Renovar is to renew something for a new period, or to refurbish it. Renovar covers renewing documents and contracts, and also refurbishing a room or a house. For a subscription or a licence it means to extend it for another period.

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