Reñir means ‘to tell off/fall out’. It is a stem-changing -ir verb (e → i): riño (present), reñí and riñó (preterite), reñido (past participle), riñendo (gerund).
Reñir in use
Mi madre me riñó por llegar tardeMy mum told me off for coming home late
No riñas al perro, no tiene la culpaDon't tell the dog off, it's not his fault
Han reñido y ya no se hablanThey've fallen out and they're not speaking any more
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Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
Reñir is common in Spain for telling someone off (mi madre me riñó); regañar is just as common in Spain and is the usual verb in Latin America. Reñir con alguien means to fall out with someone. After ñ the i of the ending is dropped: riñó, riñeron, riñendo.
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The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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