renováis

Renováis is a Portuguese verb form that corresponds to the second-person plural present indicative of the verb renovar (to renovate, to renew). It is used with the pronoun vós, which is common in European Portuguese and some other Lusophone varieties, but is less common in Brazilian Portuguese, where the equivalent meaning is typically conveyed with vocês renovam.

Conjugation notes: reno var in present tense regular -ar verb endings for vós produce renováis. The form carries an acute accent on the o (ó) to indicate the stressed syllable. In ordinary speech, it means you (plural) renovate or you are renovating. For example: Vós renováis a casa esta semana. The sentence illustrates the standard use of ren ó vais in contexts where vós is the subject.

Usage context: Renováis appears in formal or traditional texts, literature, or regions that maintain the vós form in daily language. In contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, speakers generally use vocês renovam in the present tense rather than renováis.

Relation to related forms: Renováis is part of the regular -ar verb conjugation pattern in Portuguese. Other forms of renovar include renovo (eu), renovas (tu), renova (ele/ela), renovamos (nós), renovam (eles/elas).

Etymology: The verb renovar derives from Latin renovare, formed from novus (new) with the prefix re- (again), meaning to make new again or restore. The form renováis preserves the root ren- with the standard Portuguese present-tense ending for vós.