rebuig

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from rebutjar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈβut͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈbut͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈbut͡ʃ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -utʃ

Noun

rebuig m (plural rebuigs or rebutjos)

1. rejection, refusal
2. refuse (items or material that have been discarded)
3. (soccer) clearance, clearing (the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)

Further reading

• “rebuig”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007