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refuz
refusal /reˈfuz/
noun#2702 most common
Also: rejection, denial
Example sentences
Acesta este un refuz.
This is a refusal.
Am primit un refuz de la bancă.
I received a refusal from the bank.
Refuzul ei m-a surprins foarte tare.
Her refusal surprised me a great deal.
Motivul refuzului nu este deloc clar.
The reason for the refusal is not clear at all.
Directorul a exprimat un refuz categoric în fața presei.
The director expressed a categorical refusal in front of the press.
Refuzurile repetate ale companiei de a coopera au dus la o anchetă oficială.
The company's repeated refusals to cooperate led to an official investigation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | refuzul | refuzurile |
| Genitive | refuzului | refuzurilor |
| Accusative | refuzul | refuzurile |
| Vocative | refuz | refuzuri |
Word family
a refuzato refuse
refuzatrefused, turned down
irefuzabilthat cannot be refused
refuzantone who refuses (rare, legal/administrative use)
Etymology
Romanian "refuz" entered the language in the nineteenth century, part of a large wave of French borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. It is a deverbal noun paired with the verb "a refuza", both drawn from French "refus" and "refuser". The French forms trace to Vulgar Latin, where they blended two classical verbs, "recusare" (to refuse, object) and "refutare" (to push back, rebut), or possibly connect to "refundere" (to pour back).
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