abnegar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English abnegate, French abnéguer, Italian abnegare, Spanish abnegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abneˈɡar/

Verb

abnegar (present abnegas, past abnegis, future abnegos, conditional abnegus, imperative abnegez)

1. (transitive) to abnegate, deny oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abnegar

		present		past		future
infinitive		abnegar		abnegir		abnegor
tense		abnegas		abnegis		abnegos
conditional		abnegus
imperative		abnegez
adjective active participle		abneganta		abneginta		abnegonta
adverbial active participle		abnegante		abneginte		abnegonte
nominal active participle	singular	abneganto		abneginto		abnegonto
	plural	abneganti		abneginti		abnegonti
adjective passive participle		abnegata		abnegita		abnegota
adverbial passive participle		abnegate		abnegite		abnegote
nominal passive participle	singular	abnegato		abnegito		abnegoto
	plural	abnegati		abnegiti		abnegoti

Derived terms

• abnego (“abnegation, self-denial”)
• abnegeso (“abnegation, self-denial”)

See also

• renuncar
• abdikar
• rezignar

References

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 101

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abnegāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ab.neˈɡa(h)], /a.bi.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.bi.neˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ab.neˈɡa(h)], /a.bi.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.bi.neˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡa(ɾ)/, /a.bi.neˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ab.neˈɡa(χ)], /a.bi.neˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.bi.neˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bnɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.βnɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bnɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.βnɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bnɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βnɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ab‧ne‧gar

Verb

abnegar (first-person singular present abnego, first-person singular preterite abneguei, past participle abnegado) (transitive)

1. to abnegate
2. to renounce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abnegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abnegar
Personal	abnegar	abnegares	abnegar	abnegarmos	abnegardes	abnegarem
Gerund
	abnegando
Past participle
Masculine	abnegado			abnegados
Feminine	abnegada			abnegadas
Indicative
Present	abnego	abnegas	abnega	abnegamos	abnegais	abnegam
Imperfect	abnegava	abnegavas	abnegava	abnegávamos	abnegáveis	abnegavam
Preterite	abneguei	abnegaste	abnegou	abnegamos1, abnegámos2	abnegastes	abnegaram
Pluperfect	abnegara	abnegaras	abnegara	abnegáramos	abnegáreis	abnegaram
Future	abnegarei	abnegarás	abnegará	abnegaremos	abnegareis	abnegarão
Conditional	abnegaria	abnegarias	abnegaria	abnegaríamos	abnegaríeis	abnegariam
Subjunctive
Present	abnegue	abnegues	abnegue	abneguemos	abnegueis	abneguem
Imperfect	abnegasse	abnegasses	abnegasse	abnegássemos	abnegásseis	abnegassem
Future	abnegar	abnegares	abnegar	abnegarmos	abnegardes	abnegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abnega	abnegue	abneguemos	abnegai	abneguem
Negative (não)		não abnegues	não abnegue	não abneguemos	não abnegueis	não abneguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• abnegação

Further reading

• “abnegar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “abnegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abnegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “abnegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “abnegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abnegāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abneˈɡaɾ/ [aβ̞.neˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧ne‧gar

Verb

abnegar (first-person singular present abnego, first-person singular preterite abnegué, past participle abnegado)

1. to renounce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abnegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abnegar
gerund			abnegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abnegado		abnegada
		plural		abnegados		abnegadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abnego	abnegastú abnegásvos	abnega	abnegamos	abnegáis	abnegan
	imperfect	abnegaba	abnegabas	abnegaba	abnegábamos	abnegabais	abnegaban
	preterite	abnegué	abnegaste	abnegó	abnegamos	abnegasteis	abnegaron
	future	abnegaré	abnegarás	abnegará	abnegaremos	abnegaréis	abnegarán
	conditional	abnegaría	abnegarías	abnegaría	abnegaríamos	abnegaríais	abnegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abnegue	abneguestú abneguésvos2	abnegue	abneguemos	abneguéis	abneguen
	imperfect (ra)	abnegara	abnegaras	abnegara	abnegáramos	abnegarais	abnegaran
	imperfect (se)	abnegase	abnegases	abnegase	abnegásemos	abnegaseis	abnegasen
	future1	abnegare	abnegares	abnegare	abnegáremos	abnegareis	abnegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abnegatú abnegávos	abnegue	abneguemos	abnegad	abneguen
	negative		no abnegues	no abnegue	no abneguemos	no abneguéis	no abneguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of abnegar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive abnegar	dative	abnegarme	abnegarte	abnegarle, abnegarse	abnegarnos	abnegaros	abnegarles, abnegarse
	accusative	abnegarme	abnegarte	abnegarlo, abnegarla, abnegarse	abnegarnos	abnegaros	abnegarlos, abnegarlas, abnegarse
with gerund abnegando	dative	abnegándome	abnegándote	abnegándole, abnegándose	abnegándonos	abnegándoos	abnegándoles, abnegándose
	accusative	abnegándome	abnegándote	abnegándolo, abnegándola, abnegándose	abnegándonos	abnegándoos	abnegándolos, abnegándolas, abnegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative abnega	dative	abnégame	abnégate	abnégale	abnéganos	not used	abnégales
	accusative	abnégame	abnégate	abnégalo, abnégala	abnéganos	not used	abnégalos, abnégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative abnegá	dative	abnegame	abnegate	abnegale	abneganos	not used	abnegales
	accusative	abnegame	abnegate	abnegalo, abnegala	abneganos	not used	abnegalos, abnegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abnegue	dative	abnégueme	not used	abnéguele, abnéguese	abnéguenos	not used	abnégueles
	accusative	abnégueme	not used	abnéguelo, abnéguela, abnéguese	abnéguenos	not used	abnéguelos, abnéguelas
with first-person plural imperative abneguemos	dative	not used	abneguémoste	abneguémosle	abneguémonos	abneguémoos	abneguémosles
	accusative	not used	abneguémoste	abneguémoslo, abneguémosla	abneguémonos	abneguémoos	abneguémoslos, abneguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abnegad	dative	abnegadme	not used	abnegadle	abnegadnos	abnegaos	abnegadles
	accusative	abnegadme	not used	abnegadlo, abnegadla	abnegadnos	abnegaos	abnegadlos, abnegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abneguen	dative	abnéguenme	not used	abnéguenle	abnéguennos	not used	abnéguenles, abnéguense
	accusative	abnéguenme	not used	abnéguenlo, abnéguenla	abnéguennos	not used	abnéguenlos, abnéguenlas, abnéguense

Related terms

• abnegación
• abnegado

 

Further reading

• “abnegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10