Recusar

to challenge

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

recusar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

recusando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

recusado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recuso I challenge	I challenge
tú	recusas you challenge	you challenge
él/ella/usted	recusa he/she/you challenges	he/she/you challenges
nosotros	recusamos we challenge	we challenge
vosotros	recusáis you all challenge	you all challenge
ellos/ustedes	recusan they/you all challenge	they/you all challenge

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recusaba I used to challenge	I used to challenge
tú	recusabas you used to challenge	you used to challenge
él/ella/usted	recusaba he/she/you used to challenge	he/she/you used to challenge
nosotros	recusábamos we used to challenge	we used to challenge
vosotros	recusabais you all used to challenge	you all used to challenge
ellos/ustedes	recusaban they/you all used to challenge	they/you all used to challenge

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recusé I challenged	I challenged
tú	recusaste you challenged	you challenged
él/ella/usted	recusó he/she/you challenged	he/she/you challenged
nosotros	recusamos we challenged	we challenged
vosotros	recusasteis you all challenged	you all challenged
ellos/ustedes	recusaron they/you all challenged	they/you all challenged

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recusaré I will challenge	I will challenge
tú	recusarás you will challenge	you will challenge
él/ella/usted	recusará he/she/you will challenge	he/she/you will challenge
nosotros	recusaremos we will challenge	we will challenge
vosotros	recusaréis you all will challenge	you all will challenge
ellos/ustedes	recusarán they/you all will challenge	they/you all will challenge

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recusaría I would challenge	I would challenge
tú	recusarías you would challenge	you would challenge
él/ella/usted	recusaría he/she/you would challenge	he/she/you would challenge
nosotros	recusaríamos we would challenge	we would challenge
vosotros	recusaríais you all would challenge	you all would challenge
ellos/ustedes	recusarían they/you all would challenge	they/you all would challenge

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recuse that I challenge	that I challenge
tú	recuses that you challenge	that you challenge
él/ella/usted	recuse that he/she/you challenge	that he/she/you challenge
nosotros	recusemos that we challenge	that we challenge
vosotros	recuséis that you all challenge	that you all challenge
ellos/ustedes	recusen that they/you all challenge	that they/you all challenge

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recusara or recusase that I challenged	that I challenged
tú	recusaras or recusases that you challenged	that you challenged
él/ella/usted	recusara or recusase that he/she/you challenged	that he/she/you challenged
nosotros	recusáramos or recusásemos that we challenged	that we challenged
vosotros	recusarais or recusaseis that you all challenged	that you all challenged
ellos/ustedes	recusaran or recusasen that they/you all challenged	that they/you all challenged

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he recusado I have challenged	I have challenged
tú	has recusado you have challenged	you have challenged
él/ella/usted	ha recusado he/she/you have challenged	he/she/you have challenged
nosotros	hemos recusado we have challenged	we have challenged
vosotros	habéis recusado you all have challenged	you all have challenged
ellos/ustedes	han recusado they/you all have challenged	they/you all have challenged

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había recusado I had challenged	I had challenged
tú	habías recusado you had challenged	you had challenged
él/ella/usted	había recusado he/she/you had challenged	he/she/you had challenged
nosotros	habíamos recusado we had challenged	we had challenged
vosotros	habíais recusado you all had challenged	you all had challenged
ellos/ustedes	habían recusado they/you all had challenged	they/you all had challenged

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube recusado I had challenged	I had challenged
tú	hubiste recusado you had challenged	you had challenged
él/ella/usted	hubo recusado he/she/you had challenged	he/she/you had challenged
nosotros	hubimos recusado we had challenged	we had challenged
vosotros	hubisteis recusado you all had challenged	you all had challenged
ellos/ustedes	hubieron recusado they/you all had challenged	they/you all had challenged

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré recusado I will have challenged	I will have challenged
tú	habrás recusado you will have challenged	you will have challenged
él/ella/usted	habrá recusado he/she/you will have challenged	he/she/you will have challenged
nosotros	habremos recusado we will have challenged	we will have challenged
vosotros	habréis recusado you all will have challenged	you all will have challenged
ellos/ustedes	habrán recusado they/you all will have challenged	they/you all will have challenged

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría recusado I would have challenged	I would have challenged
tú	habrías recusado you would have challenged	you would have challenged
él/ella/usted	habría recusado he/she/you would have challenged	he/she/you would have challenged
nosotros	habríamos recusado we would have challenged	we would have challenged
vosotros	habríais recusado you all would have challenged	you all would have challenged
ellos/ustedes	habrían recusado they/you all would have challenged	they/you all would have challenged

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya recusado that I have challenged	that I have challenged
tú	hayas recusado that you have challenged	that you have challenged
él/ella/usted	haya recusado that he/she/you have challenged	that he/she/you have challenged
nosotros	hayamos recusado that we have challenged	that we have challenged
vosotros	hayáis recusado that you all have challenged	that you all have challenged
ellos/ustedes	hayan recusado that they/you all have challenged	that they/you all have challenged

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera recusado that I had challenged	that I had challenged
tú	hubieras recusado that you had challenged	that you had challenged
él/ella/usted	hubiera recusado that he/she/you had challenged	that he/she/you had challenged
nosotros	hubiéramos recusado that we had challenged	that we had challenged
vosotros	hubierais recusado that you all had challenged	that you all had challenged
ellos/ustedes	hubieran recusado that they/you all had challenged	that they/you all had challenged

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	recusa	challenge! (you)
usted	recuse	challenge! (you formal)
nosotros	recusemos	let's challenge!
vosotros	recusad	challenge! (you all)
ustedes	recusen	challenge! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no recuses	don't challenge! (you)
usted	no recuse	don't challenge! (you formal)
nosotros	no recusemos	let's not challenge!
vosotros	no recuséis	don't challenge! (you all)
ustedes	no recusen	don't challenge! (you all)

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