Significado (English)
- To disallow or reject.
- To assert that something is not true.
- To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- To prevent from scoring.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
Synonyms
abstain
refuse to acknowledge or
distance oneself
fight against
make excuses
be not willing to
not allow
wool fabric
forbid ban
say opposite
prevaricate
refuse to accept
Frecuencia
Con guión como
de‧ny
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/dɪˈnaɪ/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.
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