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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rechacier, from chacier (modern chasser), from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, whence also Spanish cazar. Compare Portuguese rechaçar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ret͡ʃaˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ret͡ʃaˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cha‧zar
Verb
rechazar (first-person singular present rechazo, first-person singular preterite rechacé, past participle rechazado)
- to reject, to turn down, to turn away, to refuse, to dismiss, to shun, to decline
2019 December 5, “Greta Thunberg abandona Lisboa en tren rumbo a Madrid”, in La Vanguardia:Thunberg rechaza el avión por la emisión de gases contaminantes y, tras descartar un vehículo eléctrico y recibir ofertas tan llamativas como la posibilidad de cubrir los 600 kilómetros que separan las capitales ibéricas en burro, se ha inclinado por el tren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to decline, to deny (e.g. a credit card declining, an appeal being denied)
- to repel, to ward off
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rechazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive rechazar
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dative
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rechazarme
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rechazarte
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rechazarle, rechazarse
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rechazarnos
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rechazaros
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rechazarles, rechazarse
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accusative
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rechazarme
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rechazarte
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rechazarlo, rechazarla, rechazarse
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rechazarnos
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rechazaros
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rechazarlos, rechazarlas, rechazarse
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with gerund rechazando
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dative
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rechazándome
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rechazándote
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rechazándole, rechazándose
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rechazándonos
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rechazándoos
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rechazándoles, rechazándose
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accusative
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rechazándome
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rechazándote
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rechazándolo, rechazándola, rechazándose
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rechazándonos
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rechazándoos
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rechazándolos, rechazándolas, rechazándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative rechaza
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dative
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recházame
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recházate
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recházale
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recházanos
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not used
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recházales
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accusative
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recházame
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recházate
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recházalo, recházala
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recházanos
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not used
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recházalos, recházalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative rechazá
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dative
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rechazame
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rechazate
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rechazale
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rechazanos
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not used
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rechazales
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accusative
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rechazame
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rechazate
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rechazalo, rechazala
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rechazanos
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not used
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rechazalos, rechazalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative rechace
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dative
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recháceme
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not used
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rechácele, rechácese
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rechácenos
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not used
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recháceles
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accusative
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recháceme
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not used
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rechácelo, rechácela, rechácese
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rechácenos
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not used
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rechácelos, rechácelas
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with first-person plural imperative rechacemos
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dative
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not used
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rechacémoste
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rechacémosle
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rechacémonos
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rechacémoos
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rechacémosles
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accusative
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not used
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rechacémoste
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rechacémoslo, rechacémosla
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rechacémonos
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rechacémoos
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rechacémoslos, rechacémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative rechazad
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dative
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rechazadme
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not used
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rechazadle
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rechazadnos
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rechazaos
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rechazadles
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accusative
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rechazadme
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not used
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rechazadlo, rechazadla
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rechazadnos
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rechazaos
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rechazadlos, rechazadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative rechacen
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dative
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rechácenme
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not used
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rechácenle
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rechácennos
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not used
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rechácenles, rechácense
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accusative
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rechácenme
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not used
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rechácenlo, rechácenla
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rechácennos
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not used
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rechácenlos, rechácenlas, rechácense
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