rinnovarono

Rinnovarono is the third-person plural passato remoto form of the Italian verb rinnovare, meaning they renewed or they updated. This form is used primarily in written Italian, especially in literary, historical, or formal contexts, to describe actions completed in the distant past. In everyday spoken Italian, the passato prossimo with hanno rinnovato is far more common.

Conjugation and usage notes: in the passato remoto, rinnovare follows a regular pattern. The forms are: io rinnovai, tu rinnovasti, lui/lei rinnovò, noi rinnovammo, voi rinnovaste, essi rinnovarono. Rinnovarono expresses a definitive, completed renewal within a narrative timeline and can convey a sense of sequence in events.

Etymology and meaning: rinnovare comes from the Latin renovare, formed from re- (again) and novus (new). The past remoto form rinnovarono preserves the narrative, archival, or historical tone typical of medieval and early modern Italian writing, though it remains part of standard Italian grammar today.

See also: rinnovare, passato remoto, italiano narrativo.

Example usage:

- Le aziende rinnovarono i contratti al termine della negoziazione. (The companies renewed the contracts at the end of the negotiation.)

- Nel romanzo, le alleanze tra i stati rinnovarono i rapporti dopo l’intervento esterno.