recusar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recūsāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kuˈza(ʁ)/ [he.kuˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kuˈza(ɾ)/ [he.kuˈza(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kuˈza(ʁ)/ [χe.kuˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kuˈza(ɻ)/ [he.kuˈza(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kuˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kuˈza.ɾi/

Hyphenation: re‧cu‧sar

Verb

recusar (first-person singular present recuso, first-person singular preterite recusei, past participle recusado)

(transitive) to refuse, decline, reject

Conjugation

Conjugation of recusar (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	recusar
Personal	recusar	recusares	recusar	recusarmos	recusardes	recusarem
Gerund
	recusando
Past participle
Masculine	recusado			recusados
Feminine	recusada			recusadas
Indicative
Present	recuso	recusas	recusa	recusamos	recusais	recusam
Imperfect	recusava	recusavas	recusava	recusávamos	recusáveis	recusavam
Preterite	recusei	recusaste	recusou	recusamos¹, recusámos²	recusastes	recusaram
Pluperfect	recusara	recusaras	recusara	recusáramos	recusáreis	recusaram
Future	recusarei	recusarás	recusará	recusaremos	recusareis	recusarão
Conditional	recusaria	recusarias	recusaria	recusaríamos	recusaríeis	recusariam
Subjunctive
Present	recuse	recuses	recuse	recusemos	recuseis	recusem
Imperfect	recusasse	recusasses	recusasse	recusássemos	recusásseis	recusassem
Future	recusar	recusares	recusar	recusarmos	recusardes	recusarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recusa	recuse	recusemos	recusai	recusem
Negative (não)		não recuses	não recuse	não recusemos	não recuseis	não recusem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recūsāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rekuˈsaɾ/ [re.kuˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: re‧cu‧sar

Verb

recusar (first-person singular present recuso, first-person singular preterite recusé, past participle recusado)

to recuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of recusar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			recusar
gerund			recusando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recusado		recusada
		plural		recusados		recusadas
		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	recuso	recusas^{^tú} recusás^{^vos}	recusa	recusamos	recusáis	recusan
	imperfect	recusaba	recusabas	recusaba	recusábamos	recusabais	recusaban
	preterite	recusé	recusaste	recusó	recusamos	recusasteis	recusaron
	future	recusaré	recusarás	recusará	recusaremos	recusaréis	recusarán
	conditional	recusaría	recusarías	recusaría	recusaríamos	recusaríais	recusarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recuse	recuses^{^tú} recusés^{^vos²}	recuse	recusemos	recuséis	recusen
	imperfect (ra)	recusara	recusaras	recusara	recusáramos	recusarais	recusaran
	imperfect (se)	recusase	recusases	recusase	recusásemos	recusaseis	recusasen
	future¹	recusare	recusares	recusare	recusáremos	recusareis	recusaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recusa^{^tú} recusá^{^vos}	recuse	recusemos	recusad	recusen
	negative		no recuses	no recuse	no recusemos	no recuséis	no recusen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of recusar

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 recusar	dative	recusarme	recusarte	recusarle, recusarse	recusarnos	recusaros	recusarles, recusarse
with infinitive recusar	accusative	recusarme	recusarte	recusarlo, recusarla, recusarse	recusarnos	recusaros	recusarlos, recusarlas, recusarse

with gerund recusando	dative	recusándome	recusándote	recusándole, recusándose	recusándonos	recusándoos	recusándoles, recusándose
with gerund recusando	accusative	recusándome	recusándote	recusándolo, recusándola, recusándose	recusándonos	recusándoos	recusándolos, recusándolas, recusándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative recusa	dative	recúsame	recúsate	recúsale	recúsanos	not used	recúsales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recusa	accusative	recúsame	recúsate	recúsalo, recúsala	recúsanos	not used	recúsalos, recúsalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative recusá	dative	recusame	recusate	recusale	recusanos	not used	recusales
	accusative	recusame	recusate	recusalo, recusala	recusanos	not used	recusalos, recusalas

with formal second-person singular imperative recuse	dative	recúseme	not used	recúsele, recúsese	recúsenos	not used	recúseles
with formal second-person singular imperative recuse	accusative	recúseme	not used	recúselo, recúsela, recúsese	recúsenos	not used	recúselos, recúselas

with first-person plural imperative recusemos	dative	not used	recusémoste	recusémosle	recusémonos	recusémoos	recusémosles
with first-person plural imperative recusemos	accusative	not used	recusémoste	recusémoslo, recusémosla	recusémonos	recusémoos	recusémoslos, recusémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative recusad	dative	recusadme	not used	recusadle	recusadnos	recusaos	recusadles
with informal second-person plural imperative recusad	accusative	recusadme	not used	recusadlo, recusadla	recusadnos	recusaos	recusadlos, recusadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative recusen	dative	recúsenme	not used	recúsenle	recúsennos	not used	recúsenles, recúsense
with formal second-person plural imperative recusen	accusative	recúsenme	not used	recúsenlo, recúsenla	recúsennos	not used	recúsenlos, recúsenlas, recúsense

recusar

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