Rendir

Rendir is a Spanish verb with multiple related meanings centered on producing, giving back, or carrying out. Its etymology traces to Latin rendere or reddere, meaning to give back or return. The verb is transitive and, in daily use, appears in several different expressions and contexts.

Common senses include: to yield or produce a result or harvest, as in la tierra rinde frutos (the land yields fruit) or el motor rinde bien (the engine performs well). To perform or carry out a task or duty, for example rendir cuentas (to render or give an account), rendir un servicio (to provide a service), or rendir homenaje a alguien (to pay tribute to someone). In education, rendir can mean to take or pass an exam, as in rendí el examen or lograr rendirlo satisfactorily. The phrase rendir cultural or artistic performances is also used, meaning to deliver or perform.

Rendir is often found in fixed expressions: rendir cuentas ante alguien, rendir homenaje a una figura pública, rendir un examen. It can also convey the idea of tiring or exhausting in some contexts, though this sense is less common than the productive or evaluative meanings. It should not be confused with rendirse (reflexive), which means to surrender or give up.

Conjugation notes: rendir is irregular in the present tense (rindo, rindes, rinde, rendimos, rendís, rinden) with a stem change e→i; the participle is rendido, and the gerund is rindiendo. Other tenses follow standard patterns with the same stem change in the present tense.