recusa

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈkuː.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈkuː.s̬a]

recūsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recūsō

• "recusa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• Hyphenation: re‧cu‧sa

Deverbal from recusar.

recusa f (plural recusas)

1. refusal (the act of refusing)

   Synonyms: rejeição, (less common) recusação

   Antonym: aceitação

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

recusa

1. inflection of recusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “recusa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “recusa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “recusa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “recusa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “recusa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “recusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /reˈkusa/ [reˈku.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧sa

recusa

1. inflection of recusar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative