rifiutare
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin refūtāre (“to oppose, refute”). The -i- was an influence by fiutare (“to sniff”). Doublet of refutare.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrifiutàre (first-person singular present rifiùto, first-person singular past historic rifiutài, past participle rifiutàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to be unwilling to accept or receive; to refuse, decline, reject
- Synonyms: declinare, respingere, ricusare, rinunciare
- Antonyms: accettare, accogliere
- 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory][1], lines 133–135; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Molti rifiutan lo comune incarco; ¶ ma il popol tuo solicito risponde ¶ sanza chiamare, e grida: «I’ mi sobbarco!».
- Many refuse to bear the common burden; ¶ but thy solicitous people answereth ¶ without being asked, and crieth: "I submit."
- (transitive) to be unwilling to give or concede; to deny
- (transitive, followed by di) to be unwilling to do (something); to refuse
- Mia sorella rifiuta di parlarmi. ― My sister refuses to talk to me.
- (archaic, rare, transitive) to give up (something), to refuse
- 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory][3], lines 70–72; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][4], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Or ti piaccia gradir la sua venuta: ¶ libertà va cercando, ch'è sì cara, ¶ come sa chi per lei vita rifiuta.
- Now may it please thee to vouchsafe his coming: ¶ he seeketh Liberty, which is so dear, ¶ as knoweth he who life for her refuses.
- (archaic, rare, transitive) to disown
- Synonyms: disconoscere, rinnegare, ripudiare
- Antonym: riconoscere
- Il Leopardi rifiutò molte sue poesie giovanili. ― Leopardi disowned many of the poems of his youth.
- see also rifiutarsi.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of rifiutàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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