Polyglot Dictionary

rejeitar

/xeʒejˈtaɾ/

verb B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
rejeito
preterite (eu)
rejeitei
past participle
rejeitado

Meaning

  1. to reject

    • Rejeitou a proposta.

      He rejected the proposal.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

enjeitar

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

indeferir

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."

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