rexeitar

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *reiectare, from Latin rēiectus (“thrown back; rejected”), perfect passive participle of rēiciō (“to throw back; to repel; to reject”), from re- (“re-”) + iaciō (“to throw; to hurl”). Cognate with Portuguese rejeitar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reʃejˈtaɾ/

Verb

rexeitar (first-person singular present rexeito, first-person singular preterite rexeitei, past participle rexeitado)

  1. to reject (to refuse to accept)
  2. to disapprove (to refuse to approve)
  3. (medicine) to reject a transplanted organ
  4. (dialect, intransitive, colloquial) to have a (solid) bowel movement

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