negligir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negligere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [nə.ɣliˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ne.ɣliˈd͡ʒiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ne.ɣliˈʒi]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

negligir (first-person singular present negligeixo, first-person singular preterite negligí, past participle negligit)

1. (transitive) to neglect

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of negligir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			negligir
gerund			negligint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		negligit		negligida
		plural		negligits		negligides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	negligeixo	negligeixes	negligeix	negligim	negligiu	negligeixen
	imperfect	negligia	negligies	negligia	negligíem	negligíeu	negligien
	future	negligiré	negligiràs	negligirà	negligirem	negligireu	negligiran
	preterite	negligí	negligires	negligí	negligírem	negligíreu	negligiren
	conditional	negligiria	negligiries	negligiria	negligiríem	negligiríeu	negligirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	negligeixi	negligeixis	negligeixi	negligim	negligiu	negligeixin
	imperfect	negligís	negligissis	negligís	negligíssim	negligíssiu	negligissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	negligeix	negligeixi	negligim	negligiu	negligeixin
	negative (no)	—	no negligeixis	no negligeixi	no negligim	no negligiu	no negligeixin

Related terms

• negligència
• negligent

Further reading

• “negligir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “negligir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “negligir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “negligir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negligere, an alternative form of neglegō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɡliˈxiɾ/ [ne.ɣ̞liˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧gli‧gir

Verb

negligir (first-person singular present neglijo, first-person singular preterite negligí, past participle negligido)

1. to neglect

Conjugation

    Conjugation of negligir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			negligir
gerund			negligiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		negligido		negligida
		plural		negligidos		negligidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	neglijo	negligestú negligísvos	neglige	negligimos	negligís	negligen
	imperfect	negligía	negligías	negligía	negligíamos	negligíais	negligían
	preterite	negligí	negligiste	negligió	negligimos	negligisteis	negligieron
	future	negligiré	negligirás	negligirá	negligiremos	negligiréis	negligirán
	conditional	negligiría	negligirías	negligiría	negligiríamos	negligiríais	negligirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	neglija	neglijastú neglijásvos2	neglija	neglijamos	neglijáis	neglijan
	imperfect (ra)	negligiera	negligieras	negligiera	negligiéramos	negligierais	negligieran
	imperfect (se)	negligiese	negligieses	negligiese	negligiésemos	negligieseis	negligiesen
	future1	negligiere	negligieres	negligiere	negligiéremos	negligiereis	negligieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		negligetú negligívos	neglija	neglijamos	negligid	neglijan
	negative		no neglijas	no neglija	no neglijamos	no neglijáis	no neglijan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• negligencia
• negligente

Further reading

• “negligir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025