rejeitar
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Hyphenation: re‧jei‧tar
Verb edit
rejeitar (first-person singular present rejeito, first-person singular preterite rejeitei, past participle rejeitado)
- to reject (to refuse to accept)
- to disapprove (to refuse to approve)
- to despise (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- Synonyms: depreciar, desmerecer, desprezar, menoscabar, menosprezar
- (medicine) to reject a transplanted organ
- (transitive) to vomit something
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rejeitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.