Verbo refuse en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to refuse significa «rechazar» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de refuse en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | refuse |
| you | refuse |
| he/she/it | refuses |
| we | refuse |
| they | refuse |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am refusing |
| you | are refusing |
| he/she/it | is refusing |
| we | are refusing |
| they | are refusing |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have refused |
| you | have refused |
| he/she/it | has refused |
| we | have refused |
| they | have refused |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | refused |
| you | refused |
| he/she/it | refused |
| we | refused |
| they | refused |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was refusing |
| you | were refusing |
| he/she/it | was refusing |
| we | were refusing |
| they | were refusing |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had refused |
| you | had refused |
| he/she/it | had refused |
| we | had refused |
| they | had refused |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will refuse |
| you | will refuse |
| he/she/it | will refuse |
| we | will refuse |
| they | will refuse |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have refused |
| you | will have refused |
| he/she/it | will have refused |
| we | will have refused |
| they | will have refused |
Conjugación de refuse en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would refuse |
| you | would refuse |
| he/she/it | would refuse |
| we | would refuse |
| they | would refuse |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have refused |
| you | would have refused |
| he/she/it | would have refused |
| we | would have refused |
| they | would have refused |
Conjugación de refuse en imperativo
Conjugación de refuse en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | refusing |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | refused |
Ejemplos
I refuse every day.
Yo rechazo todos los días.
He refuses regularly.
Él rechaza regularmente.
We refuse together.
Nosotros rechazamos juntos.
I refused yesterday.
Yo rechazé ayer.
I have refused.
Yo he rechazado.
I will refuse tomorrow.
Yo rechazaré mañana.
I am refusing right now.
Yo estoy rechazando ahora mismo.
I like to refuse.
Me gusta rechazar.
You should refuse more often.
Deberías rechazar más a menudo.
Can you refuse?
¿Puedes rechazar?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He refuse en vez de He refuses
Correcto: He/She/It refuses
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You refuse? en vez de Do you refuse?
Correcto: Do you refuse? / Does he/she refuse?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I refuse vs I am refusing
Correcto: Hábito/general → I refuse | Ahora mismo → I am refusing
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I refuse | yo rechazo |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she refuses | él/ella rechaza |
| Present continuous | I am refusing | yo estoy rechazando |
| Past simple | I refuseed | yo rechazé |
| Present perfect | I have refuseed | yo he rechazado |
| Future simple | I will refuse | yo rechazaré |
| Negative | I don't refuse | yo no rechazo |
| Question | Do you refuse? | ¿tú rechazas? |