refusar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to refuse, to reject
2. (pronominal) to refuse [with a ‘to’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refusar (first conjugation)

infinitive			refusar
gerund			refusant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refusat		refusada
		plural		refusats		refusades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refuso	refuses	refusa	refusem	refuseu	refusen
	imperfect	refusava	refusaves	refusava	refusàvem	refusàveu	refusaven
	future	refusaré	refusaràs	refusarà	refusarem	refusareu	refusaran
	preterite	refusí	refusares	refusà	refusàrem	refusàreu	refusaren
	conditional	refusaria	refusaries	refusaria	refusaríem	refusaríeu	refusarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refusi	refusis	refusi	refusem	refuseu	refusin
	imperfect	refusés	refusessis	refusés	refuséssim	refuséssiu	refusessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refusa	refusi	refusem	refuseu	refusin
	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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “refusar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.