Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Verbs related to rejecting

Today I was in the library and while searching for a good equivalent for the English phrase "to turn down an offer" I got really carried away and researched lots of verbs relating to turning things down or rejecting things. In the end, I had a whole big chart of verbs divided by conceptual field. This post is not going to be interesting to the regular readers of this blog, but I am going to post it anyway; maybe somebody learning Spanish will find it via a search engine and find it useful; In any case I spent too long on this to keep it to myself. I can't vouch for total accuracy, since there are some verbs here that I've never even seen before. My main sources were the María Moliner dictionary and WordReference.

1) Dejar como inútil / Put away or get rid of something because it's not useful
Desechar
Apartar
Dejar en desuso
Quitar de la vista
Quitar del paso
Dar de lado
Arrumbar
Arrinconar
Retirar

2) Apartar algo de sí / To move something away from yourself
Desechar
Apartar
Rehuir
Quitar de la vista
Hacer retrodecer
Ahuyentar
Alejar

3) No tomar por elegir otro / Not to take something because you choose something else
Desechar
Descartar
Eliminar, Excluir, Hacer criba

4) Excluir a personas de un grupo / To exclude people from a group
Excluir
Apartar
Aislar
Rehuir
Prescindir de alguien
Arrinconar
Relegar (al olvido)

5) Mover algo para que no estorbe / To move something so that it's not in the way
Apartar
Quitar de
Quitar de delante
Quitar de la vista
Retirar

6) Rechazar a una cosa presentada para consideración / To reject something that is presented for consideration
Rechazar
Descartar
Despreciar
Declinar
Rehusar
Negar
Negarse a
Denegar
Repeler

7) Renunciar / To renounce
Renunciar
Abandonar
Apartarse de
Apostatar
Desprenderse de
Dejar de
Quitarse de
Prescindir de
Retirarse
Desistir
Pasarse sin
Renegar de

8) Dejar (de usar) / To stop (using)
Dejar de
Abandonar
Quitarse de
Cesar
Parar

9) Evitar el trato con una persona / To avoid contact with a person
Rehuir
Arrumbar
Arrinconar
Alejar
Relegar
Evitar
Evadir

10) Rechazar a una persona, personalmente / To personally reject someone
Rechazar
Desairar
Dar de lado
Dejar a un lado
Pasar de
Sacudirse

11) Negar / To deny or answer negatively
Rechazar
Negar
Denegar
Renegar

12) Omitir / To omit
Omitir
Prescindir
Suprimir
Pasar por alto

1 comment:

  1. Hmm that is an impressive list of verbs! I'm enjoying the reports of your adventures and picturing you walking all over coastal Spain. The photos are wonderful. We are wishing we were there!

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