refutar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin refūtō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fuˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fuˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

refutar (first-person singular present refuto, first-person singular preterite refutí, past participle refutat)

1. to refute

Further reading

• “refutar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refutar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “refutar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refutar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refuˈtar/

Verb

refutar (present tense refutas, past tense refutis, future tense refutos, imperative refutez, conditional refutus)

1. to refute, to disprove, rebut

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refutar

		present		past		future
infinitive		refutar		refutir		refutor
tense		refutas		refutis		refutos
conditional		refutus
imperative		refutez
adjective active participle		refutanta		refutinta		refutonta
adverbial active participle		refutante		refutinte		refutonte
nominal active participle	singular	refutanto		refutinto		refutonto
	plural	refutanti		refutinti		refutonti
adjective passive participle		refutata		refutita		refutota
adverbial passive participle		refutate		refutite		refutote
nominal passive participle	singular	refutato		refutito		refutoto
	plural	refutati		refutiti		refutoti

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin refūtō.

Verb

1. (transitive) to refute (to prove (something) to be false or incorrect)

Related terms

• refutável

Further reading

• “refutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin refūtō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refuˈtaɾ/ [re.fuˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

refutar (first-person singular present refuto, first-person singular preterite refuté, past participle refutado)

1. to refute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refutar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refutar
gerund			refutando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refutado		refutada
		plural		refutados		refutadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refuto	refutastú refutásvos	refuta	refutamos	refutáis	refutan
	imperfect	refutaba	refutabas	refutaba	refutábamos	refutabais	refutaban
	preterite	refuté	refutaste	refutó	refutamos	refutasteis	refutaron
	future	refutaré	refutarás	refutará	refutaremos	refutaréis	refutarán
	conditional	refutaría	refutarías	refutaría	refutaríamos	refutaríais	refutarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refute	refutestú refutésvos2	refute	refutemos	refutéis	refuten
	imperfect (ra)	refutara	refutaras	refutara	refutáramos	refutarais	refutaran
	imperfect (se)	refutase	refutases	refutase	refutásemos	refutaseis	refutasen
	future1	refutare	refutares	refutare	refutáremos	refutareis	refutaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refutatú refutávos	refute	refutemos	refutad	refuten
	negative		no refutes	no refute	no refutemos	no refutéis	no refuten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of refutar

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 refutar
	dative	refutarme	refutarte	refutarle, refutarse	refutarnos	refutaros	refutarles, refutarse
	accusative	refutarme	refutarte	refutarlo, refutarla, refutarse	refutarnos	refutaros	refutarlos, refutarlas, refutarse
with gerund refutando
	dative	refutándome	refutándote	refutándole, refutándose	refutándonos	refutándoos	refutándoles, refutándose
	accusative	refutándome	refutándote	refutándolo, refutándola, refutándose	refutándonos	refutándoos	refutándolos, refutándolas, refutándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refuta
	dative	refútame	refútate	refútale	refútanos	not used	refútales
	accusative	refútame	refútate	refútalo, refútala	refútanos	not used	refútalos, refútalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refutá
	dative	refutame	refutate	refutale	refutanos	not used	refutales
	accusative	refutame	refutate	refutalo, refutala	refutanos	not used	refutalos, refutalas
with formal second-person singular imperative refute
	dative	refúteme	not used	refútele, refútese	refútenos	not used	refúteles
	accusative	refúteme	not used	refútelo, refútela, refútese	refútenos	not used	refútelos, refútelas
with first-person plural imperative refutemos
	dative	not used	refutémoste	refutémosle	refutémonos	refutémoos	refutémosles
	accusative	not used	refutémoste	refutémoslo, refutémosla	refutémonos	refutémoos	refutémoslos, refutémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refutad
	dative	refutadme	not used	refutadle	refutadnos	refutaos	refutadles
	accusative	refutadme	not used	refutadlo, refutadla	refutadnos	refutaos	refutadlos, refutadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refuten
	dative	refútenme	not used	refútenle	refútennos	not used	refútenles, refútense
	accusative	refútenme	not used	refútenlo, refútenla	refútennos	not used	refútenlos, refútenlas, refútense

Further reading

• “refutar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014