refutare

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See also: refutaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refūtāre (“to oppose”, “to refute”). Doublet of rifiutare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.fuˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: re‧fu‧tà‧re

Verb

refutàre (first-person singular present rèfuto, first-person singular past historic refutài, past participle refutàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, literary, transitive) Alternative form of rifiutare (“to refuse; to deny; to disown”):
    Synonym: rifiutare
    Antonym: accettare
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “O invidia, nemica di virtute [O Envy, Enemy of Virtue]”, in Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 138, lines 6–8:
      Troppo felice amante mi mostrasti ¶ a quella che miei preghi umili e casti ¶ gradì alcun tempo, or par ch'odj e refute.
      You depicted me as too happy a lover ¶ to her who my humble and chaste requests ¶ once liked, and now seems to hate and reject.
  2. (rare) to refute
    Synonym: confutare
    Antonym: confermare
    La sua erronea tesi fu refutata. ― His wrong argument was refuted.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refutàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive refutàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund refutàndo
present participle refutànte past participle refutàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rèfuto rèfuti rèfuta refutiàmo refutàte rèfutano
imperfect refutàvo refutàvi refutàva refutavàmo refutavàte refutàvano
past historic refutài refutàsti refutò refutàmmo refutàste refutàrono
future refuterò refuterài refuterà refuterémo refuteréte refuterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present refuterèi refuterésti refuterèbbe, refuterébbe refuterémmo refuteréste refuterèbbero, refuterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rèfuti rèfuti rèfuti refutiàmo refutiàte rèfutino
imperfect refutàssi refutàssi refutàsse refutàssimo refutàste refutàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rèfuta rèfuti refutiàmo refutàte rèfutino
negative imperative non refutàre non rèfuti non refutiàmo non refutàte non rèfutino

References


Latin

Verb

refūtāre

  1. inflection of refūtō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From refuta +‎ -re.

Noun

refutare f (plural refutări)

  1. refutation

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative refutare refutarea refutări refutările
genitive-dative refutări refutării refutări refutărilor
vocative refutare, refutareo refutărilor

Spanish

Verb

refutare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of refutar
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