rinnovò

Rinnovò is the third-person singular form of the Italian verb rinnovare in the passato remoto, meaning that someone renewed something in a past narrative time. It is used primarily in literary, historical, or formal writing to indicate a completed renewal, renewal of a contract, agreement, law, or policy, among other possibilities. In contemporary spoken Italian, the passato remoto is less common, and rinnovò is often replaced by ha rinnovato in everyday discourse.

Etymology and meaning: rinnovare comes from re- (again) plus novare, itself from novus (new), tracing back to Latin renovare “to restore or make new again.” The sense of repeating or renewing something is central to its usage.

Usage and style: The form rinnovò typically appears in chronicles, historical narratives, novels with a ceremonial or traditional tone, or legal-historical documents. It conveys a sense of events told as part of a past sequence. A common example is: Il consiglio rinnovò la concessione per altri dieci anni. In contrast, the corresponding passato prossimo ha rinnovato is the standard choice in everyday language.

Related forms: Rinnovò belongs to a family of forms built from rinnovare, which includes rinnovai, rinnovasti, rinnovò, rinnovammo, rinnovaste, rinnovarono in passato remoto, and present tense rinnovo, rinnovano, as well as the compound ha rinnovato in passato prossimo. The verb is also contrasted with synonyms like rinnovare and rinovare in historical or technical contexts, where precision of tense matters.