repudiar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repudiāre. Doublet of rebutjar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.pu.ðiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.pu.ðiˈaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Homophone: repudià
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

repudiar (first-person singular present repudio, first-person singular preterite repudií, past participle repudiat)

1. (transitive) to repudiate

   Synonyms: renunciar, rebutjar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of repudiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			repudiar
gerund			repudiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		repudiat		repudiada
		plural		repudiats		repudiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repudio	repudies	repudia	repudiem	repudieu	repudien
	imperfect	repudiava	repudiaves	repudiava	repudiàvem	repudiàveu	repudiaven
	future	repudiaré	repudiaràs	repudiarà	repudiarem	repudiareu	repudiaran
	preterite	repudií	repudiares	repudià	repudiàrem	repudiàreu	repudiaren
	conditional	repudiaria	repudiaries	repudiaria	repudiaríem	repudiaríeu	repudiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repudiï	repudiïs	repudiï	repudiem	repudieu	repudiïn
	imperfect	repudiés	repudiessis	repudiés	repudiéssim	repudiéssiu	repudiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	repudia	repudiï	repudiem	repudieu	repudiïn
	negative (no)	—	no repudiïs	no repudiï	no repudiem	no repudieu	no repudiïn

Derived terms

• repudiament

Related terms

• repudi
• repudiació

Further reading

• “repudiar”, 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
• “repudiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “repudiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “repudiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English repudiate, French répudier, Italian ripudiare, Spanish repudiar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuˈdi̯ar/

Verb

repudiar (present tense repudias, past tense repudiis, future tense repudios, imperative repudiez, conditional repudius)

1. (transitive) to repudiate (one's wife, sending her away without a legal divorce)
2. (figuratively) to repudiate, disavow

Conjugation

Conjugation of repudiar

		present		past		future
infinitive		repudiar		repudiir		repudior
tense		repudias		repudiis		repudios
conditional		repudius		—		—
imperative		repudiez		—		—
adjective active participle		repudianta		repudiinta		repudionta
adverbial active participle		repudiante		repudiinte		repudionte
nominal active participle	singular	repudianto		repudiinto		repudionto
	plural	repudianti		repudiinti		repudionti
adjective passive participle		repudiata		repudiita		repudiota
adverbial passive participle		repudiate		repudiite		repudiote
nominal passive participle	singular	repudiato		repudiito		repudioto
	plural	repudiati		repudiiti		repudioti

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin repudiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.pu.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [he.puˈd͡ʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.pu.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [he.puˈd͡ʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.d͡ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ [he.pu.d͡ʒɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puˈd͡ʒja(ɾ)/ [he.puˈd͡ʒja(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.pu.d͡ʒɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [χe.puˈd͡ʒja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.pu.d͡ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ [he.pu.d͡ʒɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puˈd͡ʒja(ɻ)/ [he.puˈd͡ʒja(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.puˈdjaɾ/ [ʁɨ.puˈðjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.puˈdjaɾ/ [ʁɨ.puˈðjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.puˈdja.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.puˈðja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧pu‧di‧ar

Verb

repudiar (first-person singular present repudio, first-person singular preterite repudiei, past participle repudiado)

1. (transitive) to repudiate, disown, condemn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of repudiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	repudiar
Personal	repudiar	repudiares	repudiar	repudiarmos	repudiardes	repudiarem
Gerund
	repudiando
Past participle
Masculine	repudiado			repudiados
Feminine	repudiada			repudiadas
Indicative
Present	repudio	repudias	repudia	repudiamos	repudiais	repudiam
Imperfect	repudiava	repudiavas	repudiava	repudiávamos	repudiáveis	repudiavam
Preterite	repudiei	repudiaste	repudiou	repudiamos1, repudiámos2	repudiastes	repudiaram
Pluperfect	repudiara	repudiaras	repudiara	repudiáramos	repudiáreis	repudiaram
Future	repudiarei	repudiarás	repudiará	repudiaremos	repudiareis	repudiarão
Conditional	repudiaria	repudiarias	repudiaria	repudiaríamos	repudiaríeis	repudiariam
Subjunctive
Present	repudie	repudies	repudie	repudiemos	repudieis	repudiem
Imperfect	repudiasse	repudiasses	repudiasse	repudiássemos	repudiásseis	repudiassem
Future	repudiar	repudiares	repudiar	repudiarmos	repudiardes	repudiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		repudia	repudie	repudiemos	repudiai	repudiem
Negative (não)		não repudies	não repudie	não repudiemos	não repudieis	não repudiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• repúdio

Further reading

• “repudiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “repudiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin repudiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repuˈdjaɾ/ [re.puˈð̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pu‧diar

Verb

repudiar (first-person singular present repudio, first-person singular preterite repudié, past participle repudiado)

1. (transitive) to repudiate, disown, condemn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of repudiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			repudiar
gerund			repudiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		repudiado		repudiada
		plural		repudiados		repudiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repudio	repudiastú repudiásvos	repudia	repudiamos	repudiáis	repudian
	imperfect	repudiaba	repudiabas	repudiaba	repudiábamos	repudiabais	repudiaban
	preterite	repudié	repudiaste	repudió	repudiamos	repudiasteis	repudiaron
	future	repudiaré	repudiarás	repudiará	repudiaremos	repudiaréis	repudiarán
	conditional	repudiaría	repudiarías	repudiaría	repudiaríamos	repudiaríais	repudiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repudie	repudiestú repudiésvos2	repudie	repudiemos	repudiéis	repudien
	imperfect (ra)	repudiara	repudiaras	repudiara	repudiáramos	repudiarais	repudiaran
	imperfect (se)	repudiase	repudiases	repudiase	repudiásemos	repudiaseis	repudiasen
	future1	repudiare	repudiares	repudiare	repudiáremos	repudiareis	repudiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		repudiatú repudiávos	repudie	repudiemos	repudiad	repudien
	negative		no repudies	no repudie	no repudiemos	no repudiéis	no repudien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of repudiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive repudiar	dative	repudiarme	repudiarte	repudiarle, repudiarse	repudiarnos	repudiaros	repudiarles, repudiarse
	accusative	repudiarme	repudiarte	repudiarlo, repudiarla, repudiarse	repudiarnos	repudiaros	repudiarlos, repudiarlas, repudiarse
with gerund repudiando	dative	repudiándome	repudiándote	repudiándole, repudiándose	repudiándonos	repudiándoos	repudiándoles, repudiándose
	accusative	repudiándome	repudiándote	repudiándolo, repudiándola, repudiándose	repudiándonos	repudiándoos	repudiándolos, repudiándolas, repudiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative repudia	dative	repúdiame	repúdiate	repúdiale	repúdianos	not used	repúdiales
	accusative	repúdiame	repúdiate	repúdialo, repúdiala	repúdianos	not used	repúdialos, repúdialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative repudiá	dative	repudiame	repudiate	repudiale	repudianos	not used	repudiales
	accusative	repudiame	repudiate	repudialo, repudiala	repudianos	not used	repudialos, repudialas
with formal second-person singular imperative repudie	dative	repúdieme	not used	repúdiele, repúdiese	repúdienos	not used	repúdieles
	accusative	repúdieme	not used	repúdielo, repúdiela, repúdiese	repúdienos	not used	repúdielos, repúdielas
with first-person plural imperative repudiemos	dative	not used	repudiémoste	repudiémosle	repudiémonos	repudiémoos	repudiémosles
	accusative	not used	repudiémoste	repudiémoslo, repudiémosla	repudiémonos	repudiémoos	repudiémoslos, repudiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative repudiad	dative	repudiadme	not used	repudiadle	repudiadnos	repudiaos	repudiadles
	accusative	repudiadme	not used	repudiadlo, repudiadla	repudiadnos	repudiaos	repudiadlos, repudiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative repudien	dative	repúdienme	not used	repúdienle	repúdiennos	not used	repúdienles, repúdiense
	accusative	repúdienme	not used	repúdienlo, repúdienla	repúdiennos	not used	repúdienlos, repúdienlas, repúdiense

Related terms

• repudio

Further reading

• “repudiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025