# negar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

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### Verb

negar
* (transitive) to deny

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “negar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* ñegar

### Etymology

From Latin negāre.

### Verb

negar (first-person singular indicative present nego, past participle negáu)
* to deny
* (reflexive) to refuse

#### Related terms

* negación
* negativu

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

negar
* weeping

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish negar (“to deny”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ne‧gar
* IPA: /neˈɡaɾ/ [n̪eˈɡaɾ]

### Verb

negar
* to deny
    Synonyms: dehar, rirong

#### Derived terms

* magnegar
* negaran
* pagnegar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [nəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [neˈɣaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### 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/
* to deny (not allow)
* to deny (assert that something is not true)
* to refuse
    Synonym: refusar

##### Related terms

* negació
* negatiu
* negativa
* negatori

### 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese negar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin negāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [neˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguei, past participle negado)
* to deny
* to withhold; to deprive

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* renegar

### 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

## Lombard
### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *adnecāre (“to drown”), derived from necō (“I kill”). Compare Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca, French noyer.

#### Pronunciation

* Western IPA: /(a)neˈɡa/
* Eastern IPA: /(a)neˈɡa(ɾ)/

#### Verb

negar
* (transitive) to drown

### Etymology 2

From Latin negāre (“to deny”).

#### Pronunciation

* Western IPA: /neˈɡa/
* Eastern IPA: /neˈɡa(ɾ)/

#### Verb

negar
* (transitive) to deny, to not allow

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese negar, from Latin negāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [neˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [neˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /neˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [neˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /neˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈɡaɾ/ [nɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈɡaɾ/ [nɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [nɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ne‧gar

### Verb

negar (first-person singular present nego, first-person singular preterite neguei, past participle negado)
* to deny
** to disallow, to prohibit (to not allow)
    Synonyms: proibir, recusar
    Antonyms: autorizar, consentir, deixar, permitir
** to assert that something is not true
    Synonyms: desdizer, desmentir
    Antonyms: afirmar, confirmar
* (reflexive) to refuse
* to contest (call into question)
    Synonym: contestar
    Antonym: aceitar
* (card games) to refuse to let go of a card

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* negar a
* negável

#### Related terms

* nega
* negado
* negador
* negamento
* negativa
* negativamente
* negativar
* negativizar
* negativo
* negatória
* negatório
* negável

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin negāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neˈɡaɾ/ [neˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ne‧gar

### 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* denegar
* negación
* 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], 2024 December 10