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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *reiectāre, from Latin reiectus (“thrown back; rejected”), perfect passive participle of reiciō (“to throw back; to repel; to reject”), from re- (“re-”) + iaciō (“to throw; to hurl”). Cognate with Galician rexeitar.
Pronunciation
Verb
rejeitar (first-person singular present rejeito, first-person singular preterite rejeitei, past participle rejeitado)
- to reject (to refuse to accept)
- Synonyms: enjeitar, excluir, recusar, refugar, repelir
- Antonyms: aceitar, admitir
- to disapprove (to refuse to approve)
- Synonyms: desaprovar, reprovar
- Antonyms: anuir, aquiescer, concordar, consentir
- to despise (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- Synonyms: depreciar, desmerecer, desprezar, menoscabar, menosprezar
- (medicine) to reject a transplanted organ
- (transitive) to vomit something
- Synonyms: vomitar, expelir
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.