rejeitar

Meaning

1. to reject (to refuse to accept)
2. to disapprove (to refuse to approve)
3. to despise (to regard with contempt or scorn)
4. to reject a transplanted organ
5. (transitive) to vomit something

Concepts

reject

refuse

decline

dismiss

spurn

turn down

disallow

withhold

disapprove

disavow

shun

relay

resend

repulse

disapprove

disapprove

send back

pass up

rebuff

disagree

chase away

condemn

chase

discard

disdain

dispose

drive away

dump

emboss

expel

rebuke

rebut

refute

repel

repress

throw away

tool

disapprove of

look askance at

wave aside

throw out

throw up

contemn

ostracize

vomit

ostracise

wave off

freeze off

knock back

scorn

Opposite of

aceitar, admitir, anuir, aquiescer, concordar, consentir

Synonyms

recusar

negar-se a

indeferir

repelir

reprovar

cinzelar

esculpir

lançar

lavrar

afugentar

rechaçar

desaprovar

desprezar

refutar

denegar

declinar

diminuir

negar

proibir

reduzir

vomitar

abaixar

Translations

rechazar

ablehnen

rifiutare

rejeter

refusar

verwerpen

refuser

abweisen

respingere

afwijzen

repousser

rebutjar

ausschlagen

zurückweisen

afslaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.ʒejˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: rexeitar

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *reiectāre, from Latin reiectus (“thrown back; rejected”), perfect passive participle of reiciō (“to throw back; to repel; to reject”), from re- (“re-”) + iaciō (“to throw; to hurl”). Cognate with Galician rexeitar.