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abnegar

Portuguese, verb/ab.neˈɡa(ʁ)/

abnegar is spelled A-B-N-E-G-A-R (7 letters). Abnegar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to abnegate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “renunciar a”.

What does abnegar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to abnegate

  2. 2

    to renounce

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. renunciar a

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of abnegar

  • abnego first-person present singular
  • abneguei first-person preterite singular
  • abnegado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • abnegares infinitive second-person singular
  • abnegarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • abnegardes infinitive plural second-person
  • abnegarem infinitive plural third-person
  • abnegando gerund
  • abnegados masculine participle past
  • abnegada feminine participle past
  • abnegadas feminine participle past
  • abnegas indicative present second-person
  • abnega indicative present singular
  • abnegamos first-person indicative plural
  • abnegais indicative plural present
  • abnegam indicative plural present
  • abnegava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abnegar?

  • Brazil /ab.neˈɡa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ab.neˈɡa(h)]
  • Brazil /a.bi.neˈɡa(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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