refutare

See also: refutaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refūtāre (“to oppose”, “to refute”). Doublet of rifiutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.fuˈta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: re‧fu‧tà‧re

Verb

refutàre (first-person singular present rèfuto, first-person singular past historic refutài, past participle refutàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (obsolete, literary, transitive) Alternative form of rifiutare (“to refuse; to deny; to disown”):

   Synonym: rifiutare

   Antonym: accettare

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “O invidia, nemica di virtute [O Envy, Enemy of Virtue]”, in Il Canzoniere‎^[1], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 138, lines 6–8:

     Troppo felice amante mi mostrasti ¶ a quella che miei preghi umili e casti ¶ gradì alcun tempo, or par ch'odj e refute.

     You depicted me as too happy a lover ¶ to her who my humble and chaste requests ¶ once liked, and now seems to hate and reject.

2. (rare) to refute

   Synonym: confutare

   Antonym: confermare

   La sua erronea tesi fu refutata. ― His wrong argument was refuted.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refutàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	refutàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		refutàndo
present participle		refutànte	past participle		refutàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	rèfuto	rèfuti	rèfuta	refutiàmo	refutàte	rèfutano
imperfect	refutàvo	refutàvi	refutàva	refutavàmo	refutavàte	refutàvano
past historic	refutài	refutàsti	refutò	refutàmmo	refutàste	refutàrono
future	refuterò	refuterài	refuterà	refuterémo	refuteréte	refuterànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	refuterèi	refuterésti	refuterèbbe, refuterébbe	refuterémmo	refuteréste	refuterèbbero, refuterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	rèfuti	rèfuti	rèfuti	refutiàmo	refutiàte	rèfutino
imperfect	refutàssi	refutàssi	refutàsse	refutàssimo	refutàste	refutàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		rèfuta	rèfuti	refutiàmo	refutàte	rèfutino
negative imperative		non refutàre	non rèfuti	non refutiàmo	non refutàte	non rèfutino

Latin

Verb

refūtāre

1. inflection of refūtō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From refuta +‎ -re.

Noun

refutare f (plural refutări)

1. refutation

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	refutare	refutarea		refutări	refutările
genitive-dative	refutări	refutării		refutări	refutărilor
vocative	refutare, refutareo			refutărilor

Spanish

Verb

refutare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of refutar