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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

recusar

to refuse

  • #379 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: recusando
  • Past participle: recusado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you refuse
  3. nós we refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all refuse

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I refused
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you refused
  3. nós we refused
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all refused

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to refuse
  3. nós we are going to refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to refuse

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to refuse
  3. nós we used to refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to refuse

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would refuse
  3. nós we would refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would refuse

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you refuse
  3. nós (that) we refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all refuse

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I refused
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you refused
  3. nós (if) we refused
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all refused

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I refuse
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you refuse
  3. nós (when) we refuse
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all refuse

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você refuse!
  2. vocês refuse! (all of you)

How to use recusar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ele recusa qualquer ajuda da família.

    He refuses any help from his family.

  2. Past

    Eu recusei a proposta porque o salário era baixo.

    I turned down the offer because the salary was low.

  3. Future

    Acho que ela vai recusar o convite.

    I think she's going to turn down the invitation.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô recusava remédio até ficar bem doente.

    My grandfather would refuse medicine until he got really sick.

  5. Conditional

    Eu nunca recusaria um pedaço de bolo.

    I would never refuse a piece of cake.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tomara que o banco não recuse o empréstimo.

    I hope the bank doesn't refuse the loan.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele recusasse, a gente procurava outra pessoa.

    If he refused, we'd look for someone else.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eles recusarem a oferta, a gente aumenta.

    If they refuse the offer, we'll raise it.

  9. Imperative

    Recuse com educação, mas recuse.

    Decline politely, but decline.

Good to know

  • "Recusar" takes an object: recusar um convite, recusar uma oferta; "se recusar a" is to refuse to do something.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.