Polyglot Dictionary

refutar

/refuˈtaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
refuto
preterite (yo)
refuté
past participle
refutado

Meaning

  1. to refute

    • Refutó la teoría.

      He refuted the theory.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rebatir

rebatir and refutar are close synonyms for "to refute," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

widerlegen

widerlegen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to refute."

Portuguese

refutar

refutar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to refute."

Practice

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