refusar

From Latin recūsāre and refūtāre, possibly via Old French refuser.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

refusar (first-person singular present refuso, first-person singular preterite refusí, past participle refusat)

1. (transitive) to refuse, to reject
2. (pronominal) to refuse

• recusar
• refús
• refutar

• “refusar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refusar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “refusar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refusar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *refusare, from refūsus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /refuˈsaɾ/

refusar (first-person singular present refuso, first-person singular preterite refusei, past participle refusado)

1. (literary) to refuse
   • 1431, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijóo", page 379:

     desde viinte e nove annos a esta parte, que diso que feseran outras pesqueiras eno dito Cachón que refusaran de o conprir e pagar

     for twenty-nine years now, that he said that they build another fishery in this rapids, and that they refused to fulfil and pay

   Synonym: rexeitar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “refusar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “refus”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “refusar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “refusar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “refusar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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refusar

1. to refuse

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		refusar			aver refusat
gerund		refusant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		refusat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	refusi	refusas	refusa	refusam	refusatz	refusan
	imperfect	refusavi	refusavas	refusava	refusàvem	refusàvetz	refusavan
	preterite	refusèri	refusères	refusèt	refusèrem	refusèretz	refusèron
	future	refusarai	refusaràs	refusarà	refusarem	refusaretz	refusaràn
	conditional	refusariái	refusariás	refusariá	refusariam	refusariatz	refusarián
	conditional 2nd form1	refusèra	refusèras	refusèra	refuseram	refuseratz	refusèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusem	refusetz	refusen
	imperfect	refusèssi	refusèsses	refusèsse	refusèssem	refusèssetz	refusèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			refusa		refusem	refusatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		refusar			aver refusat
gerund		refusant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		refusat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refusa	refusam	refusatz	refuson
	imperfect	refusave	refusaves	refusava	refusaviam	refusaviatz	refusavon
	preterite	refusere	refuseres	refuset	refusem	refusetz	refuseron
	future	refusarai	refusaràs	refusará	refusarem	refusaretz	refusarán
	conditional	refusariá	refusariás	refusariá	refusariam	refusariatz	refusarián
	conditional 2nd form1	refusèra	refusèras	refusèra	refuseram	refuseratz	refusèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusassiam	refusassiatz	refuson
	imperfect	refusesse	refusesses	refusesse	refusessiam	refusessiatz	refusesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			refusa		refusassiam	refusatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		refusar			aver refusat
gerund		refusant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		refusat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	refusi	refusas	refusa	refusam	refusatz	refusan
	imperfect	refusavi	refusavas	refusava	refusàvam	refusàvatz	refusavan
	preterite	refusèi	refusès	refusè	refusèm	refusètz	refusèn
	future	refusarèi	refusaràs	refusarà	refusaram	refusaratz	refusaràn
	conditional	refusarí	refusarés	refusaré	refusarem	refusaretz	refusarén
	conditional 2nd form1	refusèra	refusèras	refusèra	refuseram	refuseratz	refusèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	refusi	refuses	refuse	refusem	refusetz	refusen
	imperfect	refusèssi	refusèsses	refusèsse	refusèssem	refusèssetz	refusèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			refusa		refusem	refusatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		refusar			aver refusat
gerund		refusant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		refusat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	refuse	refusas	refusa	refusam	refusatz	refusan
	imperfect	refusava	refusavas	refusava	refusàvam	refusàvatz	refusavan
	preterite	refusei	refuseras	refuset	refusèram	refusèratz	refuseran
	future	refusarai	refusaràs	refusará	refusarem	refusaretz	refusarán
	conditional	refusariá	refusariàs	refusariá	refusariam	refusariatz	refusarián
	conditional 2nd form1	refusèra	refusèras	refusèra	refuseram	refuseratz	refusèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusem	refusetz	refusen
	imperfect	refusèsse	refusèsses	refusèsse	refusèssem	refusèssetz	refusèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			refusa		refusem	refusatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		refusar			aver refusat
gerund		refusant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		refusat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refusa	refusam	refusatz	refusan
	imperfect	refusavi	refusavas	refusava	refusàvem	refusàvetz	refusavan
	preterite	refusère	refusères	refusèt	refuseriam	refuseriatz	refusèron
	future	refusarai	refusaràs	refusarà	refusarem	refusaretz	refusaràn
	conditional	refusariáu	refusariás	refusariá	refusariam	refusariatz	refusarián
	conditional 2nd form1	refusèra	refusèras	refusèra	refuseram	refuseratz	refusèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusem	refusetz	refusan
	imperfect	refusèsse	refusèsses	refusèsse	refusessiam	refusessiatz	refusèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			refusa		refusem	refusatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects