rehusar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, a blend of Latin refūtāre and recūsāre.

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)

  1. to refuse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rehusar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive rehusar
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
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

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