Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

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

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Verb Edit

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

  1. (transitive) to refuse, to reject
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to refuse (a to)

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Galician Edit

Etymology Edit

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

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Verb Edit

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

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References Edit

  • refusar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • refus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • refusar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • refusar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “fundir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Occitan Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (file)

Verb Edit

refusar

  1. to refuse

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