magrenta
magrénta with stress marks
to rent
From root: renta
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagrenta
nag-REN-ta
rented
Present (Incomplete)
nagrerenta
nag-re-REN-ta
is renting
Future (Contemplated)
magrerenta
mag-re-REN-ta
will rent
Usage Note
Magrenta is the actor-focus mag- form of renta, from Spanish renta, placing the tenant or person renting as the grammatical subject. Interchangeable with mangupahan in housing contexts, though magrenta is more common in urban settings; pair with rentahan when the property being rented is the topic.
Examples
" Gusto kong magrenta ng kotse. "
Natural Translation
I want to rent a car.
Literal Translation
Want I to-rent of car.
" Gusto namin na magrenta ng sasakyan para sa bakasyon. "
Natural Translation
We want to rent a vehicle for the vacation.
Literal Translation
Want our to rent of vehicle for vacation.
" Nagpasya kaming magrenta na lang ng bahay sa lungsod habang hinihintay naming matapos ang sarili naming bahay sa probinsya. "
Natural Translation
We decided to just rent a house in the city while waiting for our own house in the province to be finished.
Literal Translation
Decided we to-rent just of house in city while waiting our be-finished the own our house in province.
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