verb/neˈɡaɾ/
to deny; to refuse
“Me niego a creer que él dijera eso.” — I refuse to believe that he said that.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negāre Spanish negar Inherited from Latin negāre.