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nego

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nego"

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nego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Galician

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nego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Indonesian

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

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

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from negare +‎ -o.

Noun

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nego m (plural neghi)

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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nego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of negare

References

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  1. ^ nego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • nego in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ne (“not”), possibly by means of nec,[1][2] + -ō, -āre (verb-forming suffix).

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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

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   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.

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ne-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “nego”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 436

Further reading

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  • “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[2], 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

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɡu
  • Hyphenation: ne‧go

Verb

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nego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

Etymology 2

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

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  • nêgo (obsolete or eye dialect)

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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
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.

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

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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nego (Cyrillic spelling него)

  1. vocative singular of nega

Swedish

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Verb

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nego

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

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