Information about the word refuse (English → Esperanto: rifuzi)

Synonym: decline

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ɹɪˈfjuːz/, /ɹəˈfjuːz/
Hyphenationre·fuse
Shavian alphabet𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑿𐑟, 𐑮𐑩𐑓𐑿𐑟
Deseret alphabet𐑉𐐮𐑁𐐮𐐭𐑆

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) refuse(I) refused
(thou) refusest(thou) refusedst
(he) refuses, refuseth(he) refused
(we) refuse(we) refused
(you) refuse(you) refused
(they) refuse(they) refused
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) refuse (I) refused
(thou) refuse(thou) refused
(he) refuse(he) refused
(we) refuse(we) refused
(you) refuse(you) refused
(they) refuse(they) refused
Imperative mood
refuse
Participles
Present participlePast participle
refusingrefused

Usage samples

For a week now it had refused to eat.
If you refuse to answer, you will be sent away.
She would refuse to see me, much less answer my questions.
I brought you a letter that you refused to read.
Russia has refused to speak at a UN Security Council meeting called to discuss Moscow’s recent attacks on the key port of Odesa, immediately following its refusal to extend the Black Sea grain deal.

Translations

Dutchweigeren
Esperantorifuzi