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TOPIK 5verb

부인하다

buinhada

부인해요 · 부인했어요 · 부인할 거예요 · 부인하세요

to deny, to disavow

Example

그는 모든 혐의를 부인했습니다.

He denied all the charges.

Word parts

부 not인 acknowledge

Literally 'not acknowledge'; the opposite of 시인하다.

Good to know

Homonym warning: the noun 부인 also means 'wife' (夫人).