recusa

See also: recusá and récusa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkuː.saː/, [rɛˈkuːs̠äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈku.sa/, [reˈkuːs̬ä]

Verb

recūsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recūsō

References

• recusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈku.zɐ/ [heˈku.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈku.zɐ/ [heˈku.zɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈku.zɐ/ [χeˈku.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈku.za/ [heˈku.za]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈku.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧cu‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recusar.

Noun

recusa f (plural recusas)

1. refusal (the act of refusing)

   Synonyms: rejeição, (less common) recusação

   Antonym: aceitação

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

recusa

1. inflection of recusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “recusa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “recusa” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “recusa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “recusa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “recusa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “recusa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈkusa/ [reˈku.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧sa

Verb

recusa

1. inflection of recusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative