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rejeitar.

to reject (to refuse to accept)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʁe.ʒejˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[he.ʒeɪ̯ˈta(h)]Brazil/ʁe.ʒejˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo[he.ʒeɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  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. to vomit something

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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