Polyglot Dictionary

indeferir

/ĩdefeˈɾiɾ/

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)
indefiro
preterite (eu)
indeferi
past participle
indeferido

Meaning

  1. to reject

    • Indeferiram o pedido.

      They rejected the request.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

enjeitar

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

rejeitar

indeferir is a formal bureaucratic term for denying a request; rejeitar is the general everyday word — both mean "to reject."

Similar in other languages

German

zurückweisen

zurückweisen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

Spanish

desestimar

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

Practice

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