rejeitou

Rejeitou is the third-person singular form of the Portuguese verb rejeitar in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo, meaning "he/she/it rejected." In Brazilian Portuguese this form is also used for the second-person singular when referring to você in the past (Você rejeitou). In European Portuguese, the corresponding forms include tu rejeitaste (informal you) and ele/ela rejeitou.

The full conjugation in the pretérito perfeito do indicativo is: eu rejeitei, tu rejeitaste, ele/ela rejeitou, nós rejeitamos, vós rejeitastes, eles/elas rejeitaram. In Brazilian usage, the tu/vós forms are less common, with você (and its plural vocês) often replacing them: eu rejeitei, você rejeitou, nós rejeitamos, vocês rejeitaram.

Rejeitar, the verb from which rejeitou derives, is transitive and requires a direct object. Typical usages include rejecting a proposal, an invitation, or an idea: "Ele rejeitou a proposta," "Ela rejeitou o convite," "O conselho rejeitou o projeto." The sense is to refuse acceptance or to throw back as unsuitable, rather than merely to deny. Synonyms include recusar, negar, não aceitar.

Etymology traces rejeitar to Latin rejicere (to throw back), arriving in Portuguese via French and other Romance-language pathways. The participle passado rejeitado forms the adjective or noun sense "rejected." Rejeitou remains common in news, formal writing, and everyday narration to denote a concluded act of refusal in the past.