denegar

Borrowed from Latin dēnegāre.

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

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

From Latin dēnegāre.

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

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

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