Kilo Lingo

#713 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to refuse, to turn down

Examples

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He refused my help.

.

She refused to come with us.

.

They refused to pay the money.

peton.

I cannot refuse such a request.

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The boy refused to eat and left.

Transitive, and the refused action follows as a bare infinitive with nothing in between: , not . Its opposites are for a thing offered and for a proposal. To turn a person down rather than a thing, give the person : . The noun is rifuzo, and a describes someone habitually unwilling.

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This word is part of lesson 15.