recusar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recūsāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧cu‧sar

Verb

recusar (first-person singular present recuso, first-person singular preterite recusei, past participle recusado)

  1. (transitive) to refuse, decline, reject

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recusar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal recusar
Personal recusar recusares recusar recusarmos recusardes recusarem
Gerund
recusando
Past participle
Masculine recusado recusados
Feminine recusada recusadas
Indicative
Present recuso recusas recusa recusamos recusais recusam
Imperfect recusava recusavas recusava recusávamos recusáveis recusavam
Preterite recusei recusaste recusou recusamos1, recusámos2 recusastes recusaram
Pluperfect recusara recusaras recusara recusáramos recusáreis recusaram
Future recusarei recusarás recusará recusaremos recusareis recusarão
Conditional recusaria recusarias recusaria recusaríamos recusaríeis recusariam
Subjunctive
Present recuse recuses recuse recusemos recuseis recusem
Imperfect recusasse recusasses recusasse recusássemos recusásseis recusassem
Future recusar recusares recusar recusarmos recusardes recusarem
Imperative
Affirmative recusa recuse recusemos recusai recusem
Negative (não) não recuses não recuse não recusemos não recuseis não recusem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recūsāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rekuˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧cu‧sar

Verb

recusar (first-person singular present recuso, first-person singular preterite recusé, past participle recusado)

  1. to recuse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recusar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recusar
gerund recusando
past participle masculine feminine
singular recusado recusada
plural recusados recusadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recuso recusastú
recusásvos 		recusa recusamos recusáis recusan
imperfect recusaba recusabas recusaba recusábamos recusabais recusaban
preterite recusé recusaste recusó recusamos recusasteis recusaron
future recusaré recusarás recusará recusaremos recusaréis recusarán
conditional recusaría recusarías recusaría recusaríamos recusaríais recusarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recuse recusestú
recusésvos2 		recuse recusemos recuséis recusen
imperfect
(ra) 		recusara recusaras recusara recusáramos recusarais recusaran
imperfect
(se) 		recusase recusases recusase recusásemos recusaseis recusasen
future1 recusare recusares recusare recusáremos recusareis recusaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative recusatú
recusávos 		recuse recusemos recusad recusen
negative no recuses no recuse no recusemos no recuséis no recusen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of recusar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive recusar
dative recusarme recusarte recusarle, recusarse recusarnos recusaros recusarles, recusarse
accusative recusarme recusarte recusarlo, recusarla, recusarse recusarnos recusaros recusarlos, recusarlas, recusarse
with gerund recusando
dative recusándome recusándote recusándole, recusándose recusándonos recusándoos recusándoles, recusándose
accusative recusándome recusándote recusándolo, recusándola, recusándose recusándonos recusándoos recusándolos, recusándolas, recusándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recusa
dative recúsame recúsate recúsale recúsanos not used recúsales
accusative recúsame recúsate recúsalo, recúsala recúsanos not used recúsalos, recúsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recusá
dative recusame recusate recusale recusanos not used recusales
accusative recusame recusate recusalo, recusala recusanos not used recusalos, recusalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recuse
dative recúseme not used recúsele, recúsese recúsenos not used recúseles
accusative recúseme not used recúselo, recúsela, recúsese recúsenos not used recúselos, recúselas
with first-person plural imperative recusemos
dative not used recusémoste recusémosle recusémonos recusémoos recusémosles
accusative not used recusémoste recusémoslo, recusémosla recusémonos recusémoos recusémoslos, recusémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recusad
dative recusadme not used recusadle recusadnos recusaos recusadles
accusative recusadme not used recusadlo, recusadla recusadnos recusaos recusadlos, recusadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recusen
dative recúsenme not used recúsenle recúsennos not used recúsenles, recúsense
accusative recúsenme not used recúsenlo, recúsenla recúsennos not used recúsenlos, recúsenlas, recúsense

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