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negar
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Aragonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
negar
- (transitive) to deny
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “negar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
negar (first-person singular indicative present nego, past participle negáu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of negar
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Basque
Pronunciation
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Noun
negar
Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
negar
Derived terms
- magnegar
- negaran
- pagnegar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan negar, from Latin negāre (“refuse”).
Verb
negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguí, past participle negat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Catalan negar, from Latin necāre (“murder”), which specialized to the sense of 'drown' in Romance. Cognate with French noyer.
Verb
negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguí, past participle negat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive, reflexive) to drown
- (transitive, reflexive) to flood
- Synonym: inundar
Conjugation
References
- “negar”, 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
- “negar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “negar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “negar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese negar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin negāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguei, past participle negado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “negar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “negar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “negar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “negar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “negar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “negar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “negar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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Lombard
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *adnecāre (“to drown”), derived from necō (“I kill”). Compare Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca, French noyer.
Pronunciation
Verb
negar
- (transitive) to drown
Etymology 2
From Latin negāre (“to deny”).
Pronunciation
Verb
negar
- (transitive) to deny, to not allow
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese negar, from Latin negāre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ne‧gar
Verb
negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguei, past participle negado)
- to deny
- (reflexive) to refuse
- to contest (call into question)
- (card games) to refuse to let go of a card
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- negar a
- negável
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
negar (first-person singular present niego, first-person singular preterite negué, past participle negado)
- to deny
- (reflexive, with a when followed by an infinitive) to refuse
- Me niego a creer que él dijera eso.
- I refuse to believe that he said that.
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
- denegar
- negación
- negar la cabeza
- negativa
- negatividad
- negativo
See also
- negar la mayor
Further reading
- “negar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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