denegar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēnegāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.nəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.neˈɣaɾ]
• Homophone: denegà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

denegar (first-person singular present denego, first-person singular preterite deneguí, past participle denegat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to deny a permit or favor from an authority

   Synonyms: desmentir, negar, rebutjar, refusar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of denegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			denegar
gerund			denegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		denegat		denegada
		plural		denegats		denegades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	denego	denegues	denega	deneguem	denegueu	deneguen
	imperfect	denegava	denegaves	denegava	denegàvem	denegàveu	denegaven
	future	denegaré	denegaràs	denegarà	denegarem	denegareu	denegaran
	preterite	deneguí	denegares	denegà	denegàrem	denegàreu	denegaren
	conditional	denegaria	denegaries	denegaria	denegaríem	denegaríeu	denegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	denegui	deneguis	denegui	deneguem	denegueu	deneguin
	imperfect	denegués	deneguessis	denegués	deneguéssim	deneguéssiu	deneguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	denega	denegui	deneguem	denegueu	deneguin
	negative (no)	—	no deneguis	no denegui	no deneguem	no denegueu	no deneguin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēnegāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deneˈɡaɾ/ [d̪e.neˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ne‧gar

Verb

denegar (first-person singular present deniego, first-person singular preterite denegué, past participle denegado)

1. (transitive) to refuse; to turn down

   Synonyms: desdeñar, rechazar

   • 2015 September 17, “¿Quieres reclamar, pero la empresa está en el extranjero?”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La empresa le denegó la petición y la redireccionó al sitio austriaco, donde la misma cabina costaba 2.499 euros.

     The company refused her request and redirected her to the Austrian site, where the same cabin cost 2,499 euros.

2. to deny

Conjugation

    Conjugation of denegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			denegar
gerund			denegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		denegado		denegada
		plural		denegados		denegadas
		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	deniego	deniegastú denegásvos	deniega	denegamos	denegáis	deniegan
	imperfect	denegaba	denegabas	denegaba	denegábamos	denegabais	denegaban
	preterite	denegué	denegaste	denegó	denegamos	denegasteis	denegaron
	future	denegaré	denegarás	denegará	denegaremos	denegaréis	denegarán
	conditional	denegaría	denegarías	denegaría	denegaríamos	denegaríais	denegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deniegue	denieguestú deneguésvos2	deniegue	deneguemos	deneguéis	denieguen
	imperfect (ra)	denegara	denegaras	denegara	denegáramos	denegarais	denegaran
	imperfect (se)	denegase	denegases	denegase	denegásemos	denegaseis	denegasen
	future1	denegare	denegares	denegare	denegáremos	denegareis	denegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deniegatú denegávos	deniegue	deneguemos	denegad	denieguen
	negative		no deniegues	no deniegue	no deneguemos	no deneguéis	no denieguen

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

    Selected combined forms of denegar (e-ie alternation; 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 denegar
	dative	denegarme	denegarte	denegarle, denegarse	denegarnos	denegaros	denegarles, denegarse
	accusative	denegarme	denegarte	denegarlo, denegarla, denegarse	denegarnos	denegaros	denegarlos, denegarlas, denegarse
with gerund denegando
	dative	denegándome	denegándote	denegándole, denegándose	denegándonos	denegándoos	denegándoles, denegándose
	accusative	denegándome	denegándote	denegándolo, denegándola, denegándose	denegándonos	denegándoos	denegándolos, denegándolas, denegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deniega
	dative	deniégame	deniégate	deniégale	deniéganos	not used	deniégales
	accusative	deniégame	deniégate	deniégalo, deniégala	deniéganos	not used	deniégalos, deniégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative denegá
	dative	denegame	denegate	denegale	deneganos	not used	denegales
	accusative	denegame	denegate	denegalo, denegala	deneganos	not used	denegalos, denegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deniegue
	dative	deniégueme	not used	deniéguele, deniéguese	deniéguenos	not used	deniégueles
	accusative	deniégueme	not used	deniéguelo, deniéguela, deniéguese	deniéguenos	not used	deniéguelos, deniéguelas
with first-person plural imperative deneguemos
	dative	not used	deneguémoste	deneguémosle	deneguémonos	deneguémoos	deneguémosles
	accusative	not used	deneguémoste	deneguémoslo, deneguémosla	deneguémonos	deneguémoos	deneguémoslos, deneguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative denegad
	dative	denegadme	not used	denegadle	denegadnos	denegaos	denegadles
	accusative	denegadme	not used	denegadlo, denegadla	denegadnos	denegaos	denegadlos, denegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative denieguen
	dative	deniéguenme	not used	deniéguenle	deniéguennos	not used	deniéguenles, deniéguense
	accusative	deniéguenme	not used	deniéguenlo, deniéguenla	deniéguennos	not used	deniéguenlos, deniéguenlas, deniéguense

Derived terms

• denegatorio

 

Related terms

• denegación
• negar

 

Further reading

• “denegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16