nego

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nego"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈne.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈne.ɣo]

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Galician

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Indonesian

Noun

nego (first-person possessive negoku, second-person possessive negomu, third-person possessive negonya)

1. (slang) apocopic form of negosiasi (“negotiation”)

   Synonym: runding

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/, /ˈnɛ.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -eɡo, -ɛɡo
• Hyphenation: né‧go, nè‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from negare +‎ -o.

Noun

nego m (plural neghi)

1. (archaic or literary) Alternative form of niego (“denial, refusal”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negare

Further reading

• nego in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• -engo, -geno, geno, geno-, ogne

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of ne (“not”) and the root of aiō (“to say yes”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡoː/, [ˈnɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/, [ˈnɛːɡo]

Verb

negō (present infinitive negāre, perfect active negāvī, supine negātum); first conjugation

1. to deny

   Synonyms: dēnegō, recusō

   Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.333–335:

     [...] “Ego tē, quae plūrima fandō / ēnumerāre valēs, numquam, rēgīna, negābō / prōmeritam [...].”

     “I… [that is, my debts to] you – which far outnumber those you can recount in telling – never, o my queen, will I deny that you have deserved.”

2. (intransitive) to refuse, say no

   Synonyms: abnuō, renuō, recūsō

   Antonyms: aiō, adnuō

3. (transitive) to reject, refuse, say no to (something), turn down

   Synonyms: āspernor, detrectō, renūntiō, āversor

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

     […] dum nē quem mīlitem legeret ex eō numerō quibus senātus missiōnem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante bellī fīnem.

     […] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war

4. to keep from, prevent

Conjugation

Conjugation of negō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	negō	negās	negat	negāmus	negātis	negant
	imperfect	negābam	negābās	negābat	negābāmus	negābātis	negābant
	future	negābō	negābis	negābit	negābimus	negābitis	negābunt
	perfect	negāvī	negāvistī, negāstī3	negāvit, negāt3	negāvimus, negāmus3	negāvistis, negāstis3	negāvērunt, negāvēre, negārunt3
	pluperfect	negāveram, negāram3	negāverās, negārās3	negāverat, negārat3	negāverāmus, negārāmus3	negāverātis, negārātis3	negāverant, negārant3
	future perfect	negāverō, negārō3	negāveris, negāris3	negāverit, negārit3	negāverimus, negārimus3	negāveritis, negāritis3	negāverint, negārint3
	sigmatic future1	negāssō	negāssis	negāssit	negāssimus	negāssitis	negāssint
passive	present	negor	negāris, negāre	negātur	negāmur	negāminī	negantur
	imperfect	negābar	negābāris, negābāre	negābātur	negābāmur	negābāminī	negābantur
	future	negābor	negāberis, negābere	negābitur	negābimur	negābiminī	negābuntur
	perfect	negātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	negātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	negātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	negem	negēs	neget	negēmus	negētis	negent
	imperfect	negārem	negārēs	negāret	negārēmus	negārētis	negārent
	perfect	negāverim, negārim3	negāverīs, negārīs3	negāverit, negārit3	negāverīmus, negārīmus3	negāverītis, negārītis3	negāverint, negārint3
	pluperfect	negāvissem, negāssem3	negāvissēs, negāssēs3	negāvisset, negāsset3	negāvissēmus, negāssēmus3	negāvissētis, negāssētis3	negāvissent, negāssent3
	sigmatic aorist1	negāssim	negāssīs	negāssīt	negāssīmus	negāssītis	negāssint
passive	present	neger	negēris, negēre	negētur	negēmur	negēminī	negentur
	imperfect	negārer	negārēris, negārēre	negārētur	negārēmur	negārēminī	negārentur
	perfect	negātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	negātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	negā	—	—	negāte	—
	future	—	negātō	negātō	—	negātōte	negantō
passive	present	—	negāre	—	—	negāminī	—
	future	—	negātor	negātor	—	—	negantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		negāre	negāvisse, negāsse3	negātūrum esse	negārī, negārier2	negātum esse	negātum īrī
participles		negāns	—	negātūrus	—	negātus	negandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		negandī	negandō	negandum	negandō	negātum	negātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• abnegō
• dēnegō
• negantia
• negantinummius
• negibundus
• negitō
• negāns
• negātiō
• negātor
• negātum
• negātīvus
• negātīvē
• negātōrius
• pernegō
• renegō
• subnegō

 

Descendants

• Asturian: negar
• Catalan: negar
• English: negate
• Old French: noier
  • French: nier
• Friulian: neâ
• Galician: negar
• Italian: negare
• Occitan: negar
• Portuguese: negar
• Romanian: nega
• Sicilian: nigari, nijari
• Spanish: negar
• Venetian: negar

References

• “nego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to refuse, reject a request: negare, more strongly denegare alicui aliquid
    
  • to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid
    
  • to deny the existence of the gods: deos esse negare
    
  • an atheist: qui deum esse negat
    
  • I do not deny: non nego, non infitior
    

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡu/ [ˈnɛ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: ne‧go

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Etymology 2

From negro (“negro; black”), with reduction of final unstressed cluster (common in Brazil).

Alternative forms

• nêgo (obsolete or eye dialect)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡu/ [ˈne.ɣu]

Noun

nego m (plural negos, feminine nega, feminine plural negas)

1. (Brazil, endearing or mildly derogatory, nonstandard) nigga (black person)

   Synonyms: (neutral) negro, (sometimes offensive) preto

   Isso é coisa de nego ― This is something for/by niggas.

   Ei, neguin, tu foi pra festa ontem? ― Hey, my nigga, did you go to the party yesterday?.

2. (Brazil, endearing, nonstandard) a lover, especially, though not exclusively, a black one

   Ganhei de presente do meu nego ― My man gave me a gift.

3. (Brazil, colloquial, nonstandard) used as a placeholder when referring to people in general

   Nego sabe que isso é perigoso, mas não tá nem aí ― People know that's dangerous, but they don't care

Derived terms

• negada
• negão (augmentative)
• neguinho (diminutive)

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêɡo/
• Hyphenation: ne‧go

Conjunction

nȅgo (Cyrillic spelling не̏го)

1. (with nominative) than (in comparisons, following the comparative)

   Beograd je veći nego Zagreb. ― Belgrade is larger than Zagreb.

2. (following a negation) but (see also vȅć)

   On je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv. ― He is not only talented, but also very diligent.

   To nije crno, nego b(ij)elo. ― That is not black, but white.

3. (linking word at the start of the sentence connecting it with the previous sentence, but changing the subject) rather

   To mi je jasno. Nego, hoćemo krenuti? ― I understand. Shall we go, rather?

4. (indicates agreement) indeed, hear, hear

   Nego (što)! ― Certainly!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nego (Cyrillic spelling него)

1. vocative singular of nega

Swedish

Verb

nego

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of niga

Anagrams

• Egon