rifiutare

Meaning

(transitive) to be unwilling to accept or receive; to refuse, decline, reject
(transitive) to be unwilling to give or concede; to deny
(transitive) to be unwilling to do (something); to refuse
(archaic, rare, transitive) to give up (something), to refuse
(archaic, rare, transitive) to disown
see also rifiutarsi.

disapprove of

look askance at

refuse*

Opposite of

accettare, accogliere, accordare, concedere, dare, riconoscere

dire di no

non essere d’accordo

non accettare

gettare fuori

repudiare

recusare

buttare fuori

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ri‧fiu‧tà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ri.fjuˈta.re/

Inherited from Latin refūtāre (“to oppose, refute”). The -i- was an influence by fiutare (“to sniff”). Doublet of refutare.

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