rehusar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, present active infinitive of *refūsō, from a blend of Latin refūtō and recūsō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reuˈsaɾ/ [reu̯ˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: rehu‧sar
- Homophone: reusar
Verb
rehusar (first-person singular present rehúso, first-person singular preterite rehusé, past participle rehusado)
- to refuse
Conjugation
Conjugation of rehusar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | rehusar | ||||||
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gerund | rehusando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rehusado | rehusada | |||||
plural | rehusados | rehusadas | |||||
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 | rehúso | rehúsastú rehusásvos | rehúsa | rehusamos | rehusáis | rehúsan | |
imperfect | rehusaba | rehusabas | rehusaba | rehusábamos | rehusabais | rehusaban | |
preterite | rehusé | rehusaste | rehusó | rehusamos | rehusasteis | rehusaron | |
future | rehusaré | rehusarás | rehusará | rehusaremos | rehusaréis | rehusarán | |
conditional | rehusaría | rehusarías | rehusaría | rehusaríamos | rehusaríais | rehusarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rehúse | rehúsestú rehusésvos2 | rehúse | rehusemos | rehuséis | rehúsen | |
imperfect (ra) | rehusara | rehusaras | rehusara | rehusáramos | rehusarais | rehusaran | |
imperfect (se) | rehusase | rehusases | rehusase | rehusásemos | rehusaseis | rehusasen | |
future1 | rehusare | rehusares | rehusare | rehusáremos | rehusareis | rehusaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | rehúsatú rehusávos | rehúse | rehusemos | rehusad | rehúsen | ||
negative | no rehúses | no rehúse | no rehusemos | no rehuséis | no rehúsen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rehusar (u-ú alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive rehusar | |||||||
dative | rehusarme | rehusarte | rehusarle, rehusarse | rehusarnos | rehusaros | rehusarles, rehusarse | |
accusative | rehusarme | rehusarte | rehusarlo, rehusarla, rehusarse | rehusarnos | rehusaros | rehusarlos, rehusarlas, rehusarse | |
with gerund rehusando | |||||||
dative | rehusándome | rehusándote | rehusándole, rehusándose | rehusándonos | rehusándoos | rehusándoles, rehusándose | |
accusative | rehusándome | rehusándote | rehusándolo, rehusándola, rehusándose | rehusándonos | rehusándoos | rehusándolos, rehusándolas, rehusándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rehúsa | |||||||
dative | rehúsame | rehúsate | rehúsale | rehúsanos | not used | rehúsales | |
accusative | rehúsame | rehúsate | rehúsalo, rehúsala | rehúsanos | not used | rehúsalos, rehúsalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rehusá | |||||||
dative | rehusame | rehusate | rehusale | rehusanos | not used | rehusales | |
accusative | rehusame | rehusate | rehusalo, rehusala | rehusanos | not used | rehusalos, rehusalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative rehúse | |||||||
dative | rehúseme | not used | rehúsele, rehúsese | rehúsenos | not used | rehúseles | |
accusative | rehúseme | not used | rehúselo, rehúsela, rehúsese | rehúsenos | not used | rehúselos, rehúselas | |
with first-person plural imperative rehusemos | |||||||
dative | not used | rehusémoste | rehusémosle | rehusémonos | rehusémoos | rehusémosles | |
accusative | not used | rehusémoste | rehusémoslo, rehusémosla | rehusémonos | rehusémoos | rehusémoslos, rehusémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative rehusad | |||||||
dative | rehusadme | not used | rehusadle | rehusadnos | rehusaos | rehusadles | |
accusative | rehusadme | not used | rehusadlo, rehusadla | rehusadnos | rehusaos | rehusadlos, rehusadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative rehúsen | |||||||
dative | rehúsenme | not used | rehúsenle | rehúsennos | not used | rehúsenles, rehúsense | |
accusative | rehúsenme | not used | rehúsenlo, rehúsenla | rehúsennos | not used | rehúsenlos, rehúsenlas, rehúsense |
Further reading
- “rehusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014