renovar

/renoˈbaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to renovate

🏠🔨 re- (again) + novar, from novo (new) = make new again

Renovar splits into re- (again) + nov- (new, as in nuevo). Spanish renovar and English renovate or renew share the Latin root novus. The sound ends like ba-R, so hear it as re-no-VAR: re-new-VAR.

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