refusar

Etymology

From Latin recusare and refutare, possibly via Old French refuser.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to refuse

Etymology

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

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

References

• “refusar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “refus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “refusar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “refusar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.