| Principal Translations |
| refuse [sth]⇒ vtr | (offer: decline) | rehusar⇒ vtr |
| | | rechazar⇒ vtr |
| | (formal) | declinar⇒ vtr |
| | Mrs. Bixby refused his offer to help her with her bags. |
| | La Sra. Bixby rehusó su oferta de ayudarla con las bolsas. |
| refuse [sth] vtr | ([sth] offered: not take) | rechazar⇒ vtr |
| | | negar⇒ vtr |
| | David refused a second piece of pizza, saying that he wasn't very hungry. |
| | David rechazó comer un segundo trozo de pizza porque decía que no tenía mucha hambre. |
| refuse to do [sth] v expr | (say no) | negarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The child refused to eat his spinach. |
| | El chico se niega a comer espinacas. |
| refuse⇒ vi | (not comply) | rehusar⇒ vi |
| | | negarse⇒ v prnl |
| | They asked me to lie for them, and I refused. |
| | Me pidieron que mintiera por ellos y yo rehusé hacerlo. |
| refuse vi | (not consent) | negarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | rehusarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | decir que no loc verb |
| | I wanted to pay by credit card, but they refused. |
| | Quería pagar con tarjeta de crédito, pero ellos se negaron. |
| refuse n | (rubbish, [sth] discarded) | desecho nm |
| | | basura nf |
| | A pile of refuse littered the kitchen corner. |
| | Un montón de desechos se amontonaban en un rincón de la cocina. |
| | La basura estaba esparcida por toda la cocina. |
Compound Forms:
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garbage collection (US),
refuse collection,
rubbish collection (UK) n | (refuse pickup) | recolección de residuos nf + loc adj |
| | On garbage collection day, I put out one bin of trash and one of recyclables. |
| | El día de la recolección de residuos saco un bote de basura y otro de reciclables. |
| | | recolección de basura nf + loc adj |
| | El día de la recolección de basura saco un bote de basura y otro de reciclables. |
garbage collector (US),
refuse collector (UK) n | US (person who collects refuse) | recolector de basura, recolectora de basura nm, nf + loc adj |
| | | basurero nm |
| Note: Término políticamente incorrecto hoy día. En el lenguaje formal o más bien de compromiso, se suelen utilizar eufemismos que lo describan mediante circunloquios; como "trabajadores del servicio de limpieza urbana" |
| | Garbage collectors do an essential job. |
| | Los recolectores de basura hacen un trabajo esencial. |
| refuse consent vtr + n | (not give permission) | negar el consentimiento loc verb |
| | The couple wanted to get married, but the girl's father refused consent. |
| | La pareja se quería casar, pero el padre de la chica negó su consentimiento. |
| refuse consent for [sth] v expr | (not allow [sth]) | no permitir loc verb |
| | | negar el permiso para loc verb |
| | Ministers have refused consent for a wind farm located in central Sutherland. |
| refuse to accept [sth] vtr | (fact: deny) | negarse a aceptar loc verb |
| | | negarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Brian refused to accept the fact that he had made a mistake. |
| refuse to accept that v expr | (with clause: deny) | negarse a aceptar que loc verb |
| | He refused to accept that his illness was incurable. |
| | Se negaba a aceptar que su enfermedad era incurable. |
| refuse to accept [sth] v expr | ([sth] offered: not take) | rehusar a aceptar algo loc verb |
| | She refused to accept flowers from men she did not know. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se rehusaba a aceptar que su enfermedad era incurable. |
| refuse to accept [sb] v expr | (person: exclude) | prohibir el ingreso loc verb |
| | | negarse a aceptar loc verb |
| | Those snotty girls refuse to accept anybody whose parents aren't rich. |
| | Esas chicas altivas prohíben el ingreso a quienes no tengan padres ricos. |
| refuse to acknowledge [sth] v expr | (disregard) | negarse a reconocer loc verb |
| | The company refused to acknowledge the defect in the product. |
| | La compañía se negó a reconocer el defecto en el producto. |
| refuse to acknowledge that v expr | (with clause: disregard) | negarse a reconocer que loc verb |
| | The hotel management refused to acknowledge that my room was dirty. |
| refuse to admit [sth] v expr | (deny) | negarse a admitir loc verb |
| | The minister refused to admit his inappropriate behaviour. |
| | El ministro se negó a admitir que había actuado inadecuadamente. |
refuse to admit,
refuse to admit that v expr | (with clause: deny) | negarse a admitir que loc verb |
| | Doris is refusing to admit that she was wrong. |
| refuse to believe [sth] v expr | (with object: be unwilling to accept) | negarse a creer loc verb |
| | She refused to believe his version of events. |
| | Se niega a creer su versión de los hechos. |
| | | resistirse a creer loc verb |
| | Se resiste a creer su versión de los hechos. |
| | | rehusar creer loc verb |
| | Rehusó creer en su versión de los hechos. |
| refuse to believe that v expr | (with clause: be unwilling to accept) | negarse a creer que loc verb |
| | I refuse to believe that he's only interested in her money. |
| refuse to consider [sth] v expr | (not accept) | negarse a considerar loc verb |
| | | no aceptar loc verb |
| | | no pensar en loc verb |
| | | no tener en cuenta loc verb |
| | I'm an optimist: I refuse to consider the possibility of failure. |
| | Soy optimista: me niego a considerar la posibilidad del fracaso. |
refuse to cooperate,
refuse to co-operate v expr | (be unwilling) | negarse a cooperar loc verb |
| | | negarse a colaborar loc verb |
| | The suspect was arrested for refusing to cooperate. |
| | Arrestaron al sospechoso porque se negó a cooperar. |
| refuse to talk v expr | (withhold information) | negarse a hablar loc verb |
| | Despite spending hours being interrogated by the police, he refused to talk. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. A pesar de todos los apremios físicos, siguió negándose a hablar. |
| | | no largar prenda, no soltar prenda loc verb |
| | Lo interrogaron durante horas pero no largó prenda. |
trash collector (US),
refuse collector (UK) n | (person employed to collect refuse) | recolector de basura, recolectora de basura nm, nf + loc adj |