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sonegar

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sonegar, first attested in 1338.[1] According to most dictionaries, in turn from Latin subnegare (to partly refuse), perhaps as a semi-learned borrowing into Old Galician-Portuguese, although this presents some semantic difficulties. Alternatively, the Old Galician-Portuguese term may have been formed newly from so- (sub-, under, beneath) +‎ negar (to deny).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.nɨˈɡaɾ/ [su.nɨˈɣaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.nɨˈɡa.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: so‧ne‧gar

    Verb

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    sonegar (first-person singular present sonego, first-person singular preterite soneguei, past participle sonegado)

    1. to unduly hide or omit (usually an information)
    2. (finance) to commit tax evasion

    Usage notes

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    • When referring to tax evasion, sonegar may be transitive, with the object being the noun meaning tax, such as imposto(s) or tributo(s).

    Conjugation

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    References

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    1. ^ sonegar”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026

    Further reading

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