rifiutare.
to be unwilling to accept or receive; to refuse, decline, reject
Meaning & usage
to be unwilling to accept or receive; to refuse, decline, reject
to be unwilling to give or concede; to deny
Ci sono favori che ad un amico non si possono rifiutare.
to be unwilling to do (something); to refuse
Mia sorella rifiuta di parlarmi.
to give up (something), to refuse
to disown
Il Leopardi rifiutò molte sue poesie giovanili.
see also rifiutarsi.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin refūtāre (“to oppose, refute”). The -i- was an influence by fiutare (“to sniff”). Doublet of refutare.
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