refutare

See also: refutaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refūtāre, present active infinitive form of refūtō (“I oppose”, “I refute”). See also rifiutare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /re.fuˈta.re/, [r̺efuˈt̪äːr̺e̞]
  • Stress: refutàre
  • Hyphenation: re‧fu‧ta‧re

Verb

refutare

  1. (obsolete, literary, transitive) Alternative form of rifiutare (“to refuse; to deny; to disown”):
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “O invidia, nemica di virtute [O Envy, Enemy of Virtue]”, in Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, lines 6–8, page 138:
      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.
    • Synonym: rifiutare
    • Antonym: accettare
  2. (rare) to refute
    La sua erronea tesi fu refutata. ― His wrong argument was refuted.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of refutare
infinitive refutare
auxiliary verb avere gerund refutando
present participle refutante past participle refutato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present refuto refuti refuta refutiamo refutate refutano
imperfect refutavo refutavi refutava refutavamo refutavate refutavano
past historic refutai refutasti refutò refutammo refutaste refutarono
future refuterò refuterai refuterà refuteremo refuterete refuteranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present refuterei refuteresti refuterebbe refuteremmo refutereste refuterebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present refuti refuti refuti refutiamo refutiate refutino
imperfect refutassi refutassi refutasse refutassimo refutaste refutassero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
refuta, non refutare refuti refutiamo refutate refutino

Latin

Verb

refūtāre

  1. present active infinitive of refūtō
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative of refūtō
  3. second-person singular present passive indicative of refūtō

Spanish

Verb

refutare

  1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of refutar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) future subjunctive form of refutar.
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