# nego
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈne.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈne.ɣo]

### Verb

nego
* first-person singular present indicative of negar

## Galician
### Verb

nego
* first-person singular present indicative of negar

## Indonesian
### Noun

nego (uncountable)
* (slang) apocopic form of negosiasi (“negotiation”)
    Synonym: runding

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈne.ɡo/, /ˈnɛ.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -eɡo, -ɛɡo
* Hyphenation: né‧go, nè‧go

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from negare +‎ -o.

#### Noun

nego m (plural neghi)
* (archaic or literary) Alternative form of niego (“denial, refusal”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

nego
* first-person singular present indicative of negare

### References

* ↑ nego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* nego in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* -engo, -geno, geno, geno-, ogne

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈne.ɡoː/, [ˈnɛɡoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.ɡo/, [ˈnɛːɡo]

### Verb

negō (present infinitive negāre, perfect active negāvī, supine negātum); first conjugation
* 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.”
* (intransitive) to refuse, say no
    Synonyms: abnuō, renuō, recūsō
    Antonyms: aiō, adnuō
* (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
* to keep from, prevent

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "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"). $^2$The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. $^3$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* abnegō
* dēnegō
* negāns
* negantia
* negantinummius
* negātiō
* negātīvē
* negātīvus
* negātor
* negātōrius
* negātum
* negibundus
* negitō
* pernegō
* renegō
* subnegō

#### Descendants

* Asturian: negar
* Catalan: negar
* English: negate
* Old French: noier
** French: nier
* Friulian: neâ
* Galician: negar
* Italian: negare
* Occitan: negar
* Portuguese: negar
* Romanian: nega
* Sicilian: nigari, nijari
* Spanish: negar
* Venetan: negar

### References

* ↑ 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
* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “nego”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 436

### Further reading

* “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

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

#### Alternative forms

* nêgo (eye dialect)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈne.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈne.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈne.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -eɡu
* Hyphenation: ne‧go

#### Noun

nego m (plural negos, feminine nega, feminine plural negas)
* (Brazil, colloquial) 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
* (Brazil, endearing, colloquial) a lover, especially, though not exclusively, a black one
    Ganhei de presente do meu nego ― My man gave me a gift.
* (Brazil, endearing slang or ethnic slur) 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?.

##### Derived terms

* negada
* negão (augmentative)
* neguinho (diminutive)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɛ.ɡu/ [ˈnɛ.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -ɛɡu
* Hyphenation: ne‧go

#### Verb

nego
* first-person singular present indicative of negar

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nêɡo/
* Hyphenation: ne‧go

#### Conjunction

nȅgo (Cyrillic spelling не̏го)
* (with nominative) than (in comparisons, following the comparative)
    Beograd je veći nego Zagreb. ― Belgrade is larger than Zagreb.
* (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.
* (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?
* (indicates agreement) indeed, hear, hear
    Nego (što)! ― Certainly!

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

nego (Cyrillic spelling него)
* vocative singular of nega

## Swedish
### Verb

nego
* (pre-1940) plural past indicative of niga

### Anagrams

* Egon