refugar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fuˈɡa(ʁ)/
refugar is spelled R-E-F-U-G-A-R (7 letters). Refugar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to reject, to discard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apartar o que não serve, selecionar”.
What does refugar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reject, to discard
- 2
to despise, to scorn
- 3
to set aside
- 4
to separate (cattle)
- 5
Brazilto refuse to continue walking or enter the stable (of an animal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apartar o que não serve, selecionar 2. parar (cavalgadura) repentinamente diante de obstáculo que teria de ser transposto
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 refugar
- refugo first-person present singular
- refuguei first-person preterite singular
- refugado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- refugares infinitive second-person singular
- refugarmos first-person infinitive plural
- refugardes infinitive plural second-person
- refugarem infinitive plural third-person
- refugando gerund
- refugados masculine participle past
- refugada feminine participle past
- refugadas feminine participle past
- refugas indicative present second-person
- refuga indicative present singular
- refugamos first-person indicative plural
- refugais indicative plural present
- refugam indicative plural present
- refugava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refugar?
- Brazil /ʁe.fuˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.fuˈɡa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.