rifiutare
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verbarchaicrare
to be unwilling to accept or receive; to refuse, decline, reject
to be unwilling to give or concede; to deny
to be unwilling to do (something); to refuse
to give up (something), to refuse
to disown
Used in the library
- Ha rifiutato il lavoro perché era troppo lontano da casa.She turned the job down because it was too far from home.A2Di nuovo, per favore (4) — Again, please (4) (A2)
- Ha rifiutato tre offerte e alla fine ha tenuto la casa.She turned down three offers and in the end kept the house.A2Di nuovo, per favore (7) — Again, please (7) (A2)
- Lei rifiuta con gentilezza: «Preferisco che parlino i documenti, non io.»She politely refuses: "I'd rather the documents did the talking, not me."A2Il socio silenzioso — The silent partner (A2)
- È maleducato rifiutare il caffè, dice il barista.It is rude to refuse the coffee, says the barman.B1Di nuovo, per favore (13) — Again, please (13) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- declinareto slope downward, to decline; to decline (a noun, adjective or pronoun)
- disconoscereto disown; to ignore, disregard
- negareto deny; to negate
- respingereto ward off, to push away, to push back, to repel (with violence, scorn or disregard); to clear (a ball)
- ricusareto decline, to refuse; to challenge, to object to, to request recusal
- rinnegareto renounce (a doctrine, faith or ideal); to disown
- rinunciareto renounce, give up, abandon, forgo; to renounce, resign, waive
- ripudiareto repudiate; to disown
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