rechazar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rechacier, from chacier (modern chasser), from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, whence also Spanish cazar. Compare Portuguese rechaçar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ret͡ʃaˈθaɾ/ [re.t͡ʃaˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ret͡ʃaˈsaɾ/ [re.t͡ʃaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cha‧zar
Verb
rechazar (first-person singular present rechazo, first-person singular preterite rechacé, past participle rechazado)
- to reject, to turn down, to turn away, to refuse, to dismiss, to shun, to decline
- 2019 December 5, “Greta Thunberg abandona Lisboa en tren rumbo a Madrid”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- Thunberg rechaza el avión por la emisión de gases contaminantes y, tras descartar un vehículo eléctrico y recibir ofertas tan llamativas como la posibilidad de cubrir los 600 kilómetros que separan las capitales ibéricas en burro, se ha inclinado por el tren.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to decline, to deny (e.g. a credit card declining, an appeal being denied)
- to repel, to ward off
Conjugation
Conjugation of rechazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of rechazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive rechazar | dative | rechazarme | rechazarte | rechazarle, rechazarse | rechazarnos | rechazaros | rechazarles, rechazarse |
| accusative | rechazarme | rechazarte | rechazarlo, rechazarla, rechazarse | rechazarnos | rechazaros | rechazarlos, rechazarlas, rechazarse | |
| with gerund rechazando | dative | rechazándome | rechazándote | rechazándole, rechazándose | rechazándonos | rechazándoos | rechazándoles, rechazándose |
| accusative | rechazándome | rechazándote | rechazándolo, rechazándola, rechazándose | rechazándonos | rechazándoos | rechazándolos, rechazándolas, rechazándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative rechaza | dative | recházame | recházate | recházale | recházanos | not used | recházales |
| accusative | recházame | recházate | recházalo, recházala | recházanos | not used | recházalos, recházalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative rechazá | dative | rechazame | rechazate | rechazale | rechazanos | not used | rechazales |
| accusative | rechazame | rechazate | rechazalo, rechazala | rechazanos | not used | rechazalos, rechazalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative rechace | dative | recháceme | not used | rechácele, rechácese | rechácenos | not used | recháceles |
| accusative | recháceme | not used | rechácelo, rechácela, rechácese | rechácenos | not used | rechácelos, rechácelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative rechacemos | dative | not used | rechacémoste | rechacémosle | rechacémonos | rechacémoos | rechacémosles |
| accusative | not used | rechacémoste | rechacémoslo, rechacémosla | rechacémonos | rechacémoos | rechacémoslos, rechacémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative rechazad | dative | rechazadme | not used | rechazadle | rechazadnos | rechazaos | rechazadles |
| accusative | rechazadme | not used | rechazadlo, rechazadla | rechazadnos | rechazaos | rechazadlos, rechazadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative rechacen | dative | rechácenme | not used | rechácenle | rechácennos | not used | rechácenles, rechácense |
| accusative | rechácenme | not used | rechácenlo, rechácenla | rechácennos | not used | rechácenlos, rechácenlas, rechácense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rechazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024