# refusar
## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

refusar (first-person singular present refuso, first-person singular preterite refusí, past participle refusat)
* (transitive) to refuse, to reject
* (pronominal) to refuse [with a ‘to’]

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | refusar | refusar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | refusant | refusant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | refusat | refusat | refusada | refusada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | refusats | refusats | refusades | refusades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | refuso | refuses | refusa | refusem | refuseu | refusen |
| indicative | imperfect | refusava | refusaves | refusava | refusàvem | refusàveu | refusaven |
| indicative | future | refusaré | refusaràs | refusarà | refusarem | refusareu | refusaran |
| indicative | preterite | refusí | refusares | refusà | refusàrem | refusàreu | refusaren |
| indicative | conditional | refusaria | refusaries | refusaria | refusaríem | refusaríeu | refusarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | refusi | refusis | refusi | refusem | refuseu | refusin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusés | refusessis | refusés | refuséssim | refuséssiu | refusessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | refusa | refusi | refusem | refuseu | refusin |
| imperative | 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: /refuˈsaɾ/

### Verb

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

$^1$Less 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “fundir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

refusar
* to refuse

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | aver refusat | aver refusat | aver refusat |
| gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | refusat | refusat | refusat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | refusi | refusas | refusa | refusam | refusatz | refusan |
| indicative | imperfect | refusavi | refusavas | refusava | refusàvem | refusàvetz | refusavan |
| indicative | preterite | refusèri | refusères | refusèt | refusèrem | refusèretz | refusèron |
| indicative | future | refusarai | refusaràs | refusarà | refusarem | refusaretz | refusaràn |
| indicative | conditional | refusariái | refusariás | refusariá | refusariam | refusariatz | refusarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | refusèra | refusèras | refusèra | refuseram | refuseratz | refusèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | refuse | refuses | refuse | refusem | refusetz | refusen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusèssi | refusèsses | refusèsse | refusèssem | refusèssetz | refusèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | refusa | | refusem | refusatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | aver refusat | aver refusat | aver refusat |
| gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | refusat | refusat | refusat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | refuse | refuses | refusa | refusam | refusatz | refuson |
| indicative | imperfect | refusave | refusaves | refusava | refusaviam | refusaviatz | refusavon |
| indicative | preterite | refusere | refuseres | refuset | refusem | refusetz | refuseron |
| indicative | future | refusarai | refusaràs | refusará | refusarem | refusaretz | refusarán |
| indicative | conditional | refusariá | refusariás | refusariá | refusariam | refusariatz | refusarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | refusèra | refusèras | refusèra | refuseram | refuseratz | refusèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | refuse | refuses | refuse | refusassiam | refusassiatz | refuson |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusesse | refusesses | refusesse | refusessiam | refusessiatz | refusesson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | refusa | | refusassiam | refusatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | aver refusat | aver refusat | aver refusat |
| gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | refusat | refusat | refusat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | refusi | refusas | refusa | refusam | refusatz | refusan |
| indicative | imperfect | refusavi | refusavas | refusava | refusàvam | refusàvatz | refusavan |
| indicative | preterite | refusèi | refusès | refusè | refusèm | refusètz | refusèn |
| indicative | future | refusarèi | refusaràs | refusarà | refusaram | refusaratz | refusaràn |
| indicative | conditional | refusarí | refusarés | refusaré | refusarem | refusaretz | refusarén |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | refusèra | refusèras | refusèra | refuseram | refuseratz | refusèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | refusi | refuses | refuse | refusem | refusetz | refusen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusèssi | refusèsses | refusèsse | refusèssem | refusèssetz | refusèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | refusa | | refusem | refusatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | aver refusat | aver refusat | aver refusat |
| gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | refusat | refusat | refusat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | refuse | refusas | refusa | refusam | refusatz | refusan |
| indicative | imperfect | refusava | refusavas | refusava | refusàvam | refusàvatz | refusavan |
| indicative | preterite | refusei | refuseras | refuset | refusèram | refusèratz | refuseran |
| indicative | future | refusarai | refusaràs | refusará | refusarem | refusaretz | refusarán |
| indicative | conditional | refusariá | refusariàs | refusariá | refusariam | refusariatz | refusarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | refusèra | refusèras | refusèra | refuseram | refuseratz | refusèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | refuse | refuses | refuse | refusem | refusetz | refusen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusèsse | refusèsses | refusèsse | refusèssem | refusèssetz | refusèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | refusa | | refusem | refusatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | refusar | refusar | refusar | aver refusat | aver refusat | aver refusat |
| gerund | gerund | refusant | refusant | refusant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | refusat | refusat | refusat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | refuse | refuses | refusa | refusam | refusatz | refusan |
| indicative | imperfect | refusavi | refusavas | refusava | refusàvem | refusàvetz | refusavan |
| indicative | preterite | refusère | refusères | refusèt | refuseriam | refuseriatz | refusèron |
| indicative | future | refusarai | refusaràs | refusarà | refusarem | refusaretz | refusaràn |
| indicative | conditional | refusariáu | refusariás | refusariá | refusariam | refusariatz | refusarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | refusèra | refusèras | refusèra | refuseram | refuseratz | refusèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | refuse | refuses | refuse | refusem | refusetz | refusan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refusèsse | refusèsses | refusèsse | refusessiam | refusessiatz | refusèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | refusa | | refusem | refusatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |