Italian

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negare

Latin

Etymology

From nē ‎(“not”) and the root of aiō ‎(“to say yes”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡoː/

Verb

negō ‎(present infinitive negāre, perfect active negāvī, supine negātum); first conjugation

1. I deny
2. (intransitive) I refuse, say no
3. (transitive) I reject, refuse, say no to (something)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.

     […] 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. I keep from, prevent

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nego”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Corruption of negro ‎(“negro; black”)

Alternative forms

• nêgo (obsolete or eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡu/

Noun

nego m (plural negos, feminine nega, feminine plural negas)

1. (affectionate or mildly derogatory, nonstandard) nigga (black person)

   Isso é coisa de nego‎

   This is something for/by niggas.

2. (affectionate, nonstandard) male lover

   Ganhei de presente do meu nego‎

   My man gave me a gift.

3. (colloquial, nonstandard) guy; bloke (unspecified person)

   Todos os negos fugiram quando ouviram os tiros‎

   All the people ran when they heard the gunshots

Synonyms

• (black person): negro (neutral), preto (offensive)
• (guy): cara

Derived terms

• neguinho (diminutive)
• negão (augmentative)
• negada

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɡu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɣu/

Verb

nego

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of negar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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 industrious

   to nije crno, nego b(ij)elo — that is not black, but white

Swedish

Verb

nego

1. Obsolete plural form of neg, past tense of niga.