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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| refuse [sth]⇒ vtr | (offer: decline) (dizer não para um pretendente) | recusar vt |
| | | dizer não loc v |
| | | rejeitar vt |
| | Mrs. Bixby refused his offer to help her with her bags. |
| | A Sra. Bixby recusou a oferta dele de ajudá-la com as bolsas. |
| refuse [sth] vtr | ([sth] offered: not take) | recusar vt |
| | David refused a second piece of pizza, saying that he wasn't very hungry. |
| | David recusou um segundo pedaço de pizza, dizendo que não estava com muita fome. |
| refuse to do [sth] v expr | (say no) | negar-se vp |
| | | recusar vt |
| | The child refused to eat his spinach. |
| | A criança sempre se negava a ir à ópera. |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Pessoa orgulhosa, ele sempre recusava os conselhos dos amigos. |
| refuse⇒ vi | (not comply) | recusar v int |
| | They asked me to lie for them, and I refused. |
| | Eles me pediram para mentir por eles e eu recusei. |
| refuse vi | (not consent) | negar v int |
| | | recusar-se vp |
| | I wanted to pay by credit card, but they refused. |
| | Eu queria pagar com cartão de crédito, mas eles negaram. |
| refuse n | (rubbish, [sth] discarded) | lixo sm |
| | | refugo sm |
| | A pile of refuse littered the kitchen corner. |
| | Uma pilha de lixo emporcalhava um canto da cozinha. |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
garbage collection (US),
refuse collection,
rubbish collection (UK) n | (refuse pickup) | coleta de lixo sf + prep + sm |
| | (POR) | recolha sf |
| | On garbage collection day, I put out one bin of trash and one of recyclables. |
garbage collector (US),
refuse collector (UK) n | US (person who collects refuse) (lixeiro) | lixeiro, gari sm |
| | Garbage collectors do an essential job. |
| refuse consent vtr + n | (not give permission) (não dar permissão) | recusar o consentimento loc v |
| | (recusar) | negar-se a vp |
| | The couple wanted to get married, but the girl's father refused consent. |
| refuse consent for [sth] v expr | (not allow [sth]) | recusar autorização para expres v + prep |
| | Ministers have refused consent for a wind farm located in central Sutherland. |
| refuse to accept [sth] vtr | (fact: deny) | recusar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | | negar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | Brian refused to accept the fact that he had made a mistake. |
| refuse to accept that v expr | (with clause: deny) (rejeitar, estar relutante em acreditar) | recusar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | | negar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | | custar a acreditar loc v |
| | He refused to accept that his illness was incurable. |
| refuse to accept [sth] v expr | ([sth] offered: not take) (estar relutante em receber algo oferecido) | recusar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | | negar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | She refused to accept flowers from men she did not know. |
| refuse to accept [sb] v expr | (person: exclude) (alguém: estar relutante em incluir) | recusar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | | negar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | Those snotty girls refuse to accept anybody whose parents aren't rich. |
| refuse to acknowledge [sth] v expr | (disregard) (desconsiderar) | recusar-se a reconhecer loc v |
| | | negar-se a reconhecer loc v |
| | | negar-se a aceitar loc v |
| | The company refused to acknowledge the defect in the product. |
| refuse to acknowledge that v expr | (with clause: disregard) | recusar-se a reconhecer que expres v + conj |
| | | negar-se a aceitar que expres v + conj |
| | The hotel management refused to acknowledge that my room was dirty. |
| refuse to admit [sth] v expr | (deny) (negar, rejeitar) | negar-se a admitir loc v |
| | | recusar-se a admitir loc v |
| | The minister refused to admit his inappropriate behaviour. |
refuse to admit,
refuse to admit that v expr | (with clause: deny) | recusar-se a admitir que loc verb + conj |
| | | negar-se a admitir que loc verb + conj |
| | Doris is refusing to admit that she was wrong. |
| refuse to believe [sth] v expr | (with object: be unwilling to accept) (rejeitar, estar relutante em aceitar) | recusar-se a acreditar expres v |
| | She refused to believe his version of events. |
| refuse to believe that v expr | (with clause: be unwilling to accept) | recusar-se a acreditar loc v |
| | I refuse to believe that he's only interested in her money. |
| refuse to consider [sth] v expr | (not accept) (desconsiderar) | recusar-se a considerar loc v |
| | I'm an optimist: I refuse to consider the possibility of failure. |
refuse to cooperate,
refuse to co-operate v expr | (be unwilling) (estar relutante ou desobediente) | recusar-se a cooperar loc v |
| | | negar-se a cooperar loc v |
| | The suspect was arrested for refusing to cooperate. |
| refuse to talk v expr | (withhold information) (reter informações) | recusar-se a falar loc v |
| | Despite spending hours being interrogated by the police, he refused to talk. |
trash collector (US),
refuse collector (UK) n | (person employed to collect refuse) | gari sm |
| | | lixeiro sm |
| | (formal) | funcionário de limpeza urbana loc sm |