rendere

Rendere is an Italian verb of transitive use meaning to cause to become, to make, to yield a result, or to give back. It can indicate a change of state, as in rendere felice or rendere possibile, a produce an outcome as in Questo investimento rende profitti, and in phrases that indicate restitution or returning an object, often with additional prepositions or verbs. It is also used in set phrases such as rendere conto (to give an account), rendere omaggio (to pay homage), and rendere noto (to make known).

Etymology: from Latin reddere “to give back, to return.” The past participle is reso; the verb forms with avere as auxiliary in compound tenses: ho reso, hai reso, ha reso, abbiamo reso, avete reso, hanno reso. In the present tense: io rendo, tu rendi, egli rende, noi rendiamo, voi rendete, essi rendono.

Conjugation notes: Rendere is an regular -ere verb in many tenses, with typical endings. It shares the -ere verb pattern with other verbs like credere and vedere, which influences spelling and pronunciation in some forms.

Common usage: It governs direct objects that describe a state or outcome. The phrases rendere conto, rendere omaggio, and rendere noto are common fixed expressions. In modern Italian, rendere is also used in computing contexts to express the act of producing a result or image; many speakers also use renderizzare for the English “render,” but rendere remains standard for the general sense of to make or to render a state.

Examples: La decisione ha reso felice la comunità. L’investimento rende profitti. È necessario rendere conto delle spese. Rendere noto un nuovo programma.