rechazar

/ret͡ʃaˈθaɾ/, [re.t͡ʃaˈθaɾ]

reject, to refuse


Gerund: rechazando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular rechazado rechazada
Plural rechazados rechazadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo rechazo rechazaba rechacé rechazaré rechazaría
rechazas rechazabas rechazaste rechazarás rechazarías
él/ella/Ud. rechaza rechazaba rechazó rechazará rechazaría
nosotros rechazamos rechazábamos rechazamos rechazaremos rechazaríamos
vosotros rechazáis rechazabais rechazasteis rechazaréis rechazaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. rechazan rechazaban rechazaron rechazarán rechazarían
vos rechazás rechazabas rechazaste rechazarás rechazarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo rechace rechazara rechazase rechazare
rechaces rechazaras rechazases rechazares
él/ella/Ud. rechace rechazara rechazase rechazare
nosotros rechacemos rechazáramos rechazásemos rechazáremos
vosotros rechacéis rechazarais rechazaseis rechazareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. rechacen rechazaran rechazasen rechazaren
vos rechacés rechazaras rechazases rechazares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
rechaza no rechaces
Ud. rechace no rechace
nosotros rechacemos no rechacemos
vosotros rechazad no rechacéis
Uds. rechacen no rechacen
vos rechazá no rechaces

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Yo debo rechazar.

    I must refuse.

  • Él juntó el coraje para rechazar su oferta.

    He gathered the courage to decline the offer.

  • Debo rechazar tu oferta, por más tentadora que sea.

    I have to refuse your offer, as tempting as it might be.

  • Tom se equivocó al rechazar la ayuda de Mary.

    Tom was wrong to refuse Mary's help.

  • Robert estaba tan ocupado que tuvo que rechazar una invitación para jugar al golf.

    Robert was so busy he had to turn down an invitation to play golf.

  • La forma más alta de la ignorancia es rechazar algo de lo cual no sabes nada.

    The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about.

  • Cometiste un error al rechazar su ayuda.

    You were wrong to refuse his help.

  • No quiero rechazar esta demanda.

    I do not want to reject this claim.

  • Me hicieron una oferta que no pude rechazar.

    They gave me an offer that I couldn't refuse.

  • Voy a hacerle una oferta que no podrá rechazar.

    I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

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