refute

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From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَحَضَ (daḥaḍa) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Arabic: أَدْحَضَ (ʔadḥaḍa) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Arabic: فَنَّدَ (fannada) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Armenian: հերքել (herkʻel) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Azerbaijani: təkzib etmək — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Bulgarian: опровергавам (oprovergavam) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Catalan: refutar — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Chinese Mandarin: 反駁 /反驳 (fǎnbó) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Czech: vyvrátit — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Dutch: weerleggen — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Dutch: refuteren — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Esperanto: refuti — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Finnish: osoittaa vääräksi — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• French: réfuter — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• North Frisian: weđerlii — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Saterland Frisian: wierlääse — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• West-Frisian: wjerlizze — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• German: widerlegen — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• German: entkräften — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Greek: αντικρούω (antikroúo) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Greek: ανασκευάζω (anaskevázo) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Ancient Greek: εὐθύνω (euthúnō) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Hebrew: הִפְרִיךְ (hifrikh) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Hindi: दूषण (dūṣaṇ) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Hungarian: cáfol — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Italian: smentire — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Japanese: 言い返す (iikaesu) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Japanese: 反駁する (hambaku suru) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Latin: refellō — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Latin: refūtō — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Latin: redarguō — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Malayalam: ദൂഷണം (dūṣaṇaṁ) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Malayalam: നിരാകരിക്കൽ (nirākarikkal) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Norwegian: motbevise — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Portuguese: refutar — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Portuguese: desmentir — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Romanian: refuta — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Russian: опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Russian: опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Sanskrit: दूषण (dūṣaṇa) — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Serbo-Croatian: оповрга́вати — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Serbo-Croatian: опо̀вргнути — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Serbo-Croatian: opovrgávati — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Serbo-Croatian: opòvrgnuti — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Slovene: ovreči — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: refutar — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: rebatir — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: negar la mayor — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: ripostar — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: impugnar — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Spanish: salir al paso de — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Swedish: motbevisa — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Swedish: vederlägga — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Turkish: aksini ispatlamak — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Turkish: delilleri çürütmek — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Turkish: yanlışlığını kanıtlamak — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Vietnamese: bác bỏ — to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
• Arabic: كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Armenian: հերքել (herkʻel) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Bulgarian: отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukadhibisha — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Czech: zavrhnout — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Czech: popřít — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Dutch: weigeren — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Esperanto: nei — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Finnish: kiistää — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Finnish: kieltää — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• French: rejeter — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• French: contester — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• French: chicaner — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• French: récuser — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• German: anfechten — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• German: widersprechen — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Greek: διαψεύδω (diapsévdo) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Hungarian: tagad — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Italian: smentire — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Japanese: 言い返す (iikaesu) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Japanese: 反駁する (hambaku suru) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Japanese: 反証する (hanshō suru) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Māori: whākorekore — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Māori: whawhati — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Portuguese: negar — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Russian: отрица́ть (otricátʹ) — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Spanish: negar rehusar — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Spanish: rechazar — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Turkish: karşı çıkmak — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
• Turkish: reddetmek — to deny the truth or correctness of (something)