-to refuse, to decline o to deny?-

-to refuse, to decline o to deny?-
Nota d'uso
I verbi to refuse, to decline e to deny possiedono significati simili e possono essere spesso tradotti in italiano con rifiutare, ma non vanno confusi nell'uso. To refuse e to decline significano propriamente rifiutare: Mi offrì un passaggio, ma rifiutai, he offered me a lift, but I refused (o declined). Nell'inglese parlato per rifiutare un'offerta si ricorre frequentemente alla locuzione to say no: Mi offrì un passaggio, ma rifiutai, he offered me a lift, but I said no. To deny, invece, si avvicina di più all'italiano negare, smentire: Negai di essere stato lì, I denied I had been there; Non ti ho mai negato nulla, I never denied you anything.

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