rendías

Rendías is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb rendir. It corresponds to tú rendías and is used to describe habitual or ongoing actions in the past, or states in the past, with the subject you. The imperfect tense of rendir is regular in its endings, yielding rendía, rendías, rendía, rendíamos, rendíais, rendían.

In usage, rendir has several common senses. It can mean to yield or produce results or crops, as in la tierra rendía frutos (the land yielded fruit). It can also mean to perform or achieve, as in un motor que rendía bien (an engine that performed well) or a person who renders good work. Fixed expressions include rendir cuentas (to render/produce an account) and rendir homenaje (to pay homage). Another widely used form is rendirse, which is a different verb meaning to surrender; it is not interchangeable with rendir in its imperfect forms.

Examples illustrating the form include: Tú rendías cuentas al jefe cada mes, mientras trabajabas en el proyecto. La cosecha, aquel verano, rendía frutos abundantes. En contextos educativos, se dice que una persona rendía bien en el examen cuando su rendimiento era satisfactorio.

Etymologically, rendir derives from Latin rendere, a formative path related to giving back or yielding. Related Spanish terms include rendimiento (performance or yield) and rendición (the act of rendering or surrender). Rendías, therefore, sits within a family of verbs centered on producing, delivering, or yielding results over time.