recusaste
Recusaste is a verb form in Portuguese, representing the second-person singular preterite (simple past) of the verb recusar. It translates to “you refused” or “you declined” in English and is used to describe a completed action in the past. The form is most commonly found in European Portuguese and in regional varieties of Brazilian Portuguese that preserve the tu-conjugation.
Recusar means to refuse, reject, or decline something. In casual speech, recusaste commonly appears when addressing
- Present: eu recuso, tu recusas, ele/ela recusa, nós recusamos, vós recusais, eles/elas recusam
- Preterite (example form): eu recusei, tu recusaste, ele recusou, nós recusamos, vós recusastes, eles recusaram
Recusar derives from Latin recusare and entered Portuguese via Old French recuser, with the sense progressively
Recusar; Recusal (English-language legal term); Recusa (refusal in Portuguese).