refusar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fuˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to refuse, to reject
2. (pronominal) to refuse [with a ‘to’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refusar (first conjugation)

infinitive			refusar
gerund			refusant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refusat		refusada
		plural		refusats		refusades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refuso	refuses	refusa	refusem	refuseu	refusen
	imperfect	refusava	refusaves	refusava	refusàvem	refusàveu	refusaven
	future	refusaré	refusaràs	refusarà	refusarem	refusareu	refusaran
	preterite	refusí	refusares	refusà	refusàrem	refusàreu	refusaren
	conditional	refusaria	refusaries	refusaria	refusaríem	refusaríeu	refusarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refusi	refusis	refusi	refusem	refuseu	refusin
	imperfect	refusés	refusessis	refusés	refuséssim	refuséssiu	refusessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refusa	refusi	refusem	refuseu	refusin
	negative (no)	—	no refusis	no refusi	no refusem	no refuseu	no refusin

Related terms

• recusar
• refús
• refutar

Further reading

• “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.

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *refusare, from refūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refuˈsaɾ/

Verb

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 [the agreement]

   Synonym: rexeitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refusar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	refusar
Personal	refusar	refusares	refusar	refusarmos	refusardes	refusaren
Gerund
	refusando
Past participle
Masculine	refusado			refusados
Feminine	refusada			refusadas
Indicative
Present	refuso	refusas	refusa	refusamos	refusades	refusan
Imperfect	refusaba	refusabas	refusaba	refusabamos	refusabades	refusaban
Preterite	refusei	refusaches	refusou	refusamos	refusastes	refusaron
Pluperfect	refusara	refusaras	refusara	refusaramos	refusarades	refusaran
Future	refusarei	refusarás	refusará	refusaremos	refusaredes	refusarán
Conditional	refusaría	refusarías	refusaría	refusariamos	refusariades	refusarían
Subjunctive
Present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusemos	refusedes	refusen
Imperfect	refusase	refusases	refusase	refusásemos	refusásedes	refusasen
Future	refusar	refusares	refusar	refusarmos	refusardes	refusaren
Imperative
Affirmative		refusa	refuse	refusemos	refusade	refusen
Negative (non)		non refuses	non refuse	non refusemos	non refusedes	non refusen

    Reintegrated conjugation of refusar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	refusar
Personal	refusar	refusares	refusar	refusarmos	refusardes	refusarem
Gerund
	refusando
Past participle
Masculine	refusado			refusados
Feminine	refusada			refusadas
Indicative
Present	refuso	refusas	refusa	refusamos	refusades, refusais	refusam
Imperfect	refusava	refusavas	refusava	refusávamos	refusávades, refusáveis, refusávais1	refusavam
Preterite	refusei	refusaste, refusache1	refusou	refusamos	refusastes	refusárom, refusaram
Pluperfect	refusara	refusaras	refusara	refusáramos	refusárades, refusáreis, refusárais1	refusaram
Future	refusarei	refusarás	refusará	refusaremos	refusaredes, refusareis	refusarám, refusarão
Conditional	refusaria	refusarias	refusaria	refusaríamos	refusaríades, refusaríeis, refusaríais1	refusariam
Subjunctive
Present	refuse	refuses	refuse	refusemos	refusedes, refuseis	refusem
Imperfect	refusasse	refusasses	refusasse	refusássemos	refusássedes, refusásseis	refusassem
Future	refusar	refusares	refusar	refusarmos	refusardes	refusarem
Imperative
Affirmative		refusa	refuse	refusemos	refusade, refusai	refusem
Negative (nom)		nom refuses	nom refuse	nom refusemos	nom refusedes, nom refuseis	nom refusem

¹Less recommended.

References

• 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

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

refusar

1. to refuse

Conjugation

    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