nego

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈne̞.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈne.ɣo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈne.ɣu]

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

nego (plural nego-nego)

1. (slang) apocopic form of negosiasi (“negotiation”) synonym ▲

   Synonym: runding

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/, /ˈnɛ.ɡo/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eɡo, -ɛɡo
• Hyphenation: né‧go, nè‧go

Deverbal from negare +‎ -o.

nego m (plural neghi)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negare

• nego in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• -engo, -geno, geno, geno-, ogne

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.ɡo]

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

1. to deny synonyms, antonyms ▲quotations ▼

   Synonyms: dēnegō, recusō

   Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.8:

     Num negāre audēs? Quid tacēs? Convincam, sī negās. Videō enim esse hīc in Senātū quōsdam, quī tēcum ūna fuērunt.

     Surely you don’t dare to deny it? Why are you silent? I will prove it, if you deny it. For I see that there are certain men here in the Senate who were together with you [last night].

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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, antonyms ▲

   Synonyms: abnuō, renuō, recūsō

   Antonyms: aiō, adnuō

3. (transitive) to reject, refuse, say no to (something), turn down synonyms ▲quotations ▼

   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

¹At 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").
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• “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. 5 phrases

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

• nêgo (eye dialect)

• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: ne‧go

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

1. (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

2. (Brazil, endearing, colloquial) a lover, especially, though not exclusively, a black one

   Ganhei de presente do meu nego ― My man gave me a gift.

3. (Brazil, endearing slang or ethnic slur) nigga (black person) synonyms ▲

   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?.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: ne‧go

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

• “nego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.

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

nȅgo (Cyrillic spelling не̏го)

1. (with nominative) than (in comparison, following the comparative, when comparing subjects rather than objects)

   Volim te više nego on. ― I love you more than he does.

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!

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nego (Cyrillic spelling него)

1. vocative singular of nega

nego

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

• Egon