rechazar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to reject, to turn down, to turn away, to refuse, to dismiss, to shun, to decline
- to decline, to deny e.g. a credit card declining, an appeal being denied
- to repel, to ward off
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rechacier derived from Latin recaptiāre.
Origin
Latin
recaptiāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- recaptiāre Latin
- rechazable Spanish, Castilian
- rechazamiento Spanish, Castilian
- rechaçar Portuguese
- regaçar Portuguese
- rechacier Old French