rehusar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reuˈsaɾ/ [reu̯ˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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

Further reading

• “rehusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28