negarlo

to deny it

→ negar

negar to deny + lo Third-person singular direct object

verb Uncommon #25,387

to deny it The ending -lo means “it.”

SP: No puedo negarlo.

EN: I can't deny it.

Conjugation of negar

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
Third	negó	negaron

	Singular	Plural
First	negarme	—

negarnegarlonegarse

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
First	niego	—
Third	niega	niegan

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	niego	—
Third	niega	niegan

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	niega	—
Third	niegue	—

Past

Conditional

	Singular	Plural
First	negaría	—
Third	negaría	—

Subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
Second	niegues	—

Present

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	negaba	—
Third	negaba	—

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	negaba	—
Third	negaba	—

Ni siquiera Dios podía negarlo.

Not even God could deny it.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Es inútil que trates de negarlo.

It's useless for you to try to deny it.

Yo no sabía si negarlo o seguirle la corriente.

I didn't know whether to deny it or play along.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

No voy a confirmarlo ni negarlo.

I’m not going to confirm or deny it.

Tienes que negarlo.

You have to deny it.

No puedo confirmarlo ni negarlo.

I can neither confirm nor deny it.

No puedo negarlo, me gusta la guerra.

I can't deny it, I like war.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

No podés negarlo.

You can't deny it.

Sabes perfectamente lo que hiciste y no intentes negarlo ahora.

You know perfectly well what you did, and don't try to deny it now.

Aunque lo hayas hecho, debiste negarlo.

Even if you did it, you should have denied it.

— Madre (2009)

Tú luego puedes negarlo todo.

You can deny everything later.

— Chicago (2002)

No puedo negarlo.

I can't deny it.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

¡No puedes negarlo!

You can't deny it!

— Malcolm X (1992)

Hay que negarlo, Benjamín.

You have to deny it, Benjamin.

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

No pude negarlo.

I couldn't deny it.