negar

See also: Negar and ñegar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

negar

1. (transitive) to deny

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “negar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñegar

Etymology

From Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Verb

negar (first-person singular indicative present nego, past participle negáu)

1. to deny
2. (reflexive) to refuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of negar

infinitive		negar
gerund		negando
past participle		m negáu, f negada, n negao, m pl negaos, f pl negaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	nego	negues	nega	negamos	negáis	neguen
	imperfect	negaba	negabes	negaba	negábemos, negábamos	negabeis, negabais	negaben
	preterite	negué	negasti, neguesti	negó	neguemos	negastis, neguestis	negaron
	pluperfect	negare, negara	negares, negaras	negare, negara	negáremos, negáramos	negareis, negarais	negaren, negaran
	future	negaré	negarás	negará	negaremos	negaréis	negarán
	conditional	negaría	negaríes	negaría	negaríemos, negaríamos	negaríeis, negaríais	negaríen
subjunctive	present	negue	negues, negas	negue	neguemos	neguéis	neguen, negan
	imperfect	negare, negara	negares, negaras	negare, negara	negáremos, negáramos	negareis, negarais	negaren, negaran
imperative		—	nega	—	—	negái	—

Related terms

• negación
• negativu

 

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Basque

Noun

negar

1. weeping

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [neˈɣaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Etymology 1

From , from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Verb

negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguí, past participle negat)

1. to deny (not allow)
2. to deny (assert that something is not true)
3. to refuse

   Synonym: refusar

Related terms

• negació
• negatiu
• negativa
• negatori

 

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin necō. Cognate with French noyer.

Verb

negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguí, past participle negat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to drown
2. (transitive, reflexive) to flood

   Synonym: inundar

Further reading

• “negar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Lombard

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Vulgar Latin *adnecāre, present active infinitive of *adnecō (“I drown”), derived from necō (“I kill”). Compare Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca, French noyer.

Pronunciation

• Western IPA^(key): /(a)neˈɡa/
• Eastern IPA^(key): /(a)neˈɡa(ɾ)/

Verb

negar

1. (transitive) to drown

Etymology 2

From Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō (“I deny”).

Pronunciation

• Western IPA^(key): /neˈɡa/
• Eastern IPA^(key): /neˈɡa(ɾ)/

Verb

negar

1. (transitive) to deny, to not allow

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese negar, from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ˈɡa(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /ne.ˈɡa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ne.ˈɡa(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /nɨ.ˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to deny (not allow)

   Synonyms: proibir, recusar

   Antonyms: autorizar, consentir, deixar, permitir

2. to deny (assert that something is not true)

   Synonyms: desdizer, desmentir

   Antonyms: afirmar, confirmar

3. to contest (call into question)

   Synonym: contestar

   Antonym: aceitar

4. (card games) to refuse to let go of a card
5. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Derived terms

• negar a

Related terms

• nega
• negado
• negador
• negamento
• negativa
• negativamente
• negativar
• negativizar
• negativo
• negatória
• negatório
• negável

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡaɾ/ [neˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. to deny
2. (reflexive, with en when followed by an infinitive) to refuse

   Me niego a creer que él dijara eso.

   I refuse to believe [that] he said that.

Related terms

• denegar
• negación
• negativa
• negatividad
• negativo

 

See also

• negar la mayor