nego

• IPA^(key): (Central) /ˈne.ɡu/
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) /ˈne.ɡo/

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar

nego (first-person possessive negoku, second-person possessive negomu, third-person possessive negonya)

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

   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

Univerbation of ne (“not”) and the root of aiō (“to say yes”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡoː/, [ˈnɛɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɡo/, [ˈnɛːɡo]

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

1. to deny

   Synonyms: dēnegō, recusō

   Antonyms: accipiō, recipiō

2. (intransitive) to refuse, say no

   Synonyms: abnuō, renuō, recūsō

   Antonyms: aiō, adnuō

3. (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

4. to keep from, prevent

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• “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
    

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: ne‧go

nego

1. first-person singular present indicative of negar; "I deny"

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

• nêgo (obsolete or eye dialect)

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

1. (Brazil, endearing or mildly derogatory, nonstandard) 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?.

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

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

3. (Brazil, colloquial, nonstandard) 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

ne- (“not”) + Proto-Slavic *-go.

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

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 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