nego

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

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

References

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/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/,

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… 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

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

Descendants

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, 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

• 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

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

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