repudiar

v.

1 to condemn.

2 to disown.

3 to repudiate, to repel, to loathe, to disaffirm.

Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.

4 to loathe to, to hate to.

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repudiar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to repudiate

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VT

1) [+ violencia] to repudiate

2) (=no reconocer) to disown

3) (=renunciar a) to renounce

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verbo transitivo

1) <atentado/violencia> to condemn

2) (Der) <mujer> to disown, repudiate (frml); <herencia> to repudiate

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= discountenance, repudiate.

Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.

Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.

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verbo transitivo

1) <atentado/violencia> to condemn

2) (Der) <mujer> to disown, repudiate (frml); <herencia> to repudiate

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= discountenance, repudiate.

Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.

Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.

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repudiar [A1 ]

vt

A (condenar) ‹atentado› to condemn; ‹violence› to condemn, repudiate

B (Der)

1 ‹mujer› to disown, repudiate (frml)

2 ‹herencia› to repudiate

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repudiar (conjugate repudiar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹atentado/violencia› to condemn
2 (Der) ‹mujer› to disown, repudiate (frml);
‹herencia› to repudiate
repudiar vtr frml to repudiate
'repudiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
renegar
English:
disavow
- disown
- repudiate

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repudiar vt

1. [condenar] to condemn

2. [esposa] to repudiate, to disown

3. [herencia] to renounce

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repudiar

v/t repudiate; herencia renounce

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repudiar vt

: to repudiate

♦ repudiación nf