# recusar vs repousar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### recusar
*verb · IPA /Rɨ.ku.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #8,253*
não aceitar

### repousar
*verb · IPA /Rɨ.pow.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #28,007*
proporcionar descanso a

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recusar-vs-repousar