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Negar

Negar

See also: negar and ñegar

English

Alternative forms

  • Negār

Proper noun

Negar

  1. A transliteration of a Persian female given name.

Anagrams

negar

negar

See also: Negar and ñegar

Asturian

Alternative forms

Verb

negar

  1. to deny
  2. (reflexive) to refuse

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Basque

Noun

negar

  1. weeping

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Pronunciation

  • (Oriental) IPA(key): /nə.ˈɣa/
  • (North-Occidental) IPA(key): /ne.ˈɣa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ne.ˈɣar/

Verb

negar (first-person singular present nego, past participle negat)

  1. to deny (to not allow)
  2. to deny (to assert that something is not true)
  3. to refuse

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese negar, from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ne.ˈɡa(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.ˈɡa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨ.ˈɣaɾ/

Verb

negar (first-person singular present indicative nego, past participle negado)

  1. to deny (to not allow)
  2. to deny (to assert that something is not true)
  3. to contest (to call into question)
  4. (card games) to refuse to let go of a card

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • negar a

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Verb

negar (first-person singular present niego, first-person singular preterite negué, past participle negado)

  1. to deny
  2. (reflexive) to refuse

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables; g becomes a gu before e.

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