Polyglot Dictionary

enjeitar

/ẽʒejˈtaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
enjeito
preterite (eu)
enjeitei
past participle
enjeitado

Meaning

  1. to reject

    • Enjeitou a oferta.

      He rejected the offer.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rejeitar

enjeitar and rejeitar are close synonyms for "to reject"; enjeitar is rarer and more literary, sometimes used for abandoning a baby.

indeferir

enjeitar is a general, literary word for "to reject"; indeferir means to reject or deny formally, a bureaucratic term for denying a request.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rechazar

rechazar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

French

rejeter

rejeter is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

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