renacer Preterite Conjugation
renacer — to be born again
Renacer is completely regular in the preterite: renací, renaciste, renació, renacimos, renacisteis, renacieron.
renacer Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to mark a specific point in time when someone or something was 'born again' or experienced a definitive revival.
Notes on renacer in the Preterite
There are no irregularities here; it follows the standard -er verb endings for the past tense.
Example Sentences
Después del viaje, renací por completo.
After the trip, I was completely reborn.
yo
El interés por el arte renació en el siglo XV.
Interest in art was reborn in the 15th century.
él/ella/usted
Mis plantas renacieron gracias al fertilizante.
My plants were reborn thanks to the fertilizer.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: renazcó
Correct: renació
Why: Learners often try to carry the 'zc' from the present tense into the preterite, but the preterite uses a standard 'c'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: renazco
Renacer is irregular in the first person (yo renazco), but regular for all other forms.
Imperfect
yo: renacía
Renacer is regular in the imperfect: renacía, renacías, renacía, renacíamos, renacíais, renacían.
Future
yo: renaceré
Renacer is regular in the future: renaceré, renacerás, renacerá, renaceremos, renaceréis, renacerán.
Conditional
yo: renacería
Renacer is regular in the conditional: renacería, renacerías, renacería, renaceríamos, renaceríais, renacerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: renazca
The present subjunctive uses the 'zc' stem for all persons: renazca, renazcas, renazca, renazcamos, renazcáis, renazcan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: renaciera
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: renaciera, renacieras, renaciera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: renace
Use 'renace' for tú and 'renazca' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no renazcas
All negative commands for renacer use the 'zc' stem: no renazcas, no renazca, no renazcan.