recusa
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈku.zɐ/
recusa is spelled R-E-C-U-S-A (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recusa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “refusal (the act of refusing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of recusar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de recusar”.
What does recusa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefusal (the act of refusing)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de recusar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recusa
- recusas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recusa?
- Brazil /ʁeˈku.zɐ/
- Brazil [heˈku.zɐ]
- /ʁeˈku.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recusa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recusa in Portuguese?
recusa appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).