You Accept and You Reject
Use acepta for polite “you accept” and rechaza for polite “you reject.” Every practice roll recycles approximately twice as much previously learned language.
You accept: acepta
Use acepta when politely saying that one person accepts an answer, plan, price, document, or reservation. Use aceptar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, acepta by itself can mean polite “you accept.”
Build the meaning step by step
Acepta la respuesta. = You accept the answer.
No acepta ahora. = You do not accept now.
¿Qué acepta? = What do you accept?
Use aceptar after helper verbs
Quiere aceptar la reservación.
Puede aceptar el plan nuevo.
Necesita aceptar la información antes de pagar.
Interpret with acepta and aceptar
You reject: rechaza
Use rechaza when politely saying that one person rejects an answer, plan, price, document, or reservation. Use rechazar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use rechaza for a direct polite action and rechazar after helper verbs.
Build the meaning step by step
Rechaza el precio. = You reject the price.
No rechaza la opción. = You do not reject the option.
¿Por qué rechaza el documento? = Why do you reject the document?
Use rechazar after helper verbs
Quiere rechazar la opción anterior.
Puede rechazar la reservación.
Necesita rechazar la información incorrecta.
Interpret with rechaza and rechazar
Accept one option and reject another
Acepta versus aceptar; rechaza versus rechazar
- Use acepta and rechaza for direct polite actions.
- After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives aceptar and rechazar.
- These verbs often work with plans, prices, answers, documents, messages, and reservations.
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You accept the new plan and reject the old one after reviewing all the information.
Module 44 checkpoint
You can now use acepta / aceptar and rechaza / rechazar with familiar helpers, questions, objects, and longer sentence-building patterns.
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