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# refuse — English to Ukrainian

How English *refuse* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [refuse in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/refuse/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: refuse (85), refuses (26). By style: everyday 65 · biblical 46.

## відмовити

Used about 17 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 1). Forms: відмовити, відмовиться.

- I can't **refuse**.
  Я не можу **відмовити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5852376](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5852376) [\#5866819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5866819))

- The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to **refuse** her.
  І зажурившись вельми цар, та задля клятьби й задля тих, що з ним сидїли, не хотїв їй **відмовити**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 6:26)

- I couldn't **refuse**.
  Я не могла **відмовити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#2060680](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2060680) [\#3151018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3151018))

- I could not **refuse**.
  Я не могла **відмовити**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and rmdas · checked, community translation · [\#2182419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2182419) [\#3151018](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3151018))

- How can we **refuse**?
  Як ми можемо **відмовити**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5010235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5010235) [\#8723463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8723463))

## відмовляюся

Used about 16 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 16).

- I **refuse** to accept that.
  Я **відмовляюся** це прийняти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and MaxUA · checked, community translation · [\#2392558](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2392558) [\#5787357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5787357))

- I **refuse** to talk to you!
  Я **відмовляюся** говорити з вами!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by minshirui and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#487489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/487489) [\#1569534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1569534))

- I **refuse** to talk to you!
  Я **відмовляюся** говорити з тобою!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by minshirui and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#487489](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/487489) [\#1569533](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1569533))

- I **refuse** to be a dictator.
  Я **відмовляюся** бути диктатором.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6092619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6092619) [\#6132502](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6132502))

- I **refuse** to talk to Tom.
  Я **відмовляюся** розмовляти з Томом.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6783816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6783816) [\#7754455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7754455))

## відмовляється

Used about 13 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13).

- Tom **refuses** to eat.
  Том **відмовляється** від їжі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6733398](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6733398) [\#7468810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7468810))

- Tom **refuses** to do that.
  Том **відмовляється** це зробити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6273349](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6273349) [\#6743254](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6743254))

- He **refuses** to listen to me.
  Він **відмовляється** слухати мене.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#289605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/289605) [\#7128468](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128468))

- He **refuses** to listen to me.
  Він **відмовляється** мене слухати.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#289605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/289605) [\#7128469](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7128469))

- Tom **refuses** to go to the doctor.
  Том **відмовляється** йти до лікаря.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9584620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9584620) [\#9607146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9607146))

## відмовитися

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6).

- I'm afraid I have to **refuse**.
  Боюся, я маю **відмовитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3618927](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3618927) [\#7653967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7653967))

- I'm afraid that I have to **refuse**.
  Боюся, я маю **відмовитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7217429](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7217429) [\#7653967](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7653967))

- I don't know whether to accept or **refuse**.
  Я не знаю - погодитися чи **відмовитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#258482](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/258482) [\#515499](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/515499))

- It's an offer you can't **refuse**.
  Це пропозиція, від якої ти не зможеш **відмовитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#11140741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11140741) [\#11141577](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11141577))

- It's an offer you can't **refuse**.
  Це пропозиція, від якої ви не зможете **відмовитися**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#11140741](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11140741) [\#11141576](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11141576))

## слухати

Used about 5 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 5).

- You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will **refuse**; for they are most rebellious.
  Говори їм слова мої, чи будуть вони **слухати**, чи не будуть, вони бо непокірливі.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 2:7)

- They, whether they will hear, or whether they will **refuse**—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
  Чи **слухати** муть вони, чи не слухати муть — се бо дом упрямий — та нехай знають, що був пророк між ними.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 2:5)

- Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will **refuse**.”
  Оце ж ійди до вигнанників, до земляків твоїх, та й говори до них і скажи їм: Так говорить Господь Бог! чи будуть вони **слухати**, чи не будуть.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 3:11)

- But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who **refuses**, let him **refuse**; for they are a rebellious house.”
  А як я схочу говорити з тобою, тодї відчиню уста тобі, й будеш говорити до них: Так говорить Господь Бог! Хто схоче **слухати**, — слухай, а хто не схоче слухати, нехай не слухає; вони ж бо дом непокірливий.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 3:27)

- This evil people, who **refuse** to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
  Сї негідні люде, що нехтують **слухати** слова мого, що ходять своєю волею по своїй дорозї слїдом за иншими богами, щоб їм служити й перед ними ниць припадати, вони стануть такими, як сей пояс, нїдочого не придатен.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 13:10)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- My children **refuse** to eat fish.
  Мої діти відмовляються їсти рибу.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1830534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1830534) [\#5713227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5713227))

- I'd **refuse** to do that.
  Я би відмовилась це робити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8851828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8851828) [\#8851854](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8851854))

- I'd **refuse** to do that.
  Я би відмовився це робити.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#8851828](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8851828) [\#8851853](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8851853))

## Grammar

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