negocio

See also: negócio and negoció

Catalan

Verb

negocio

1. first-person singular present indicative of negociar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish negocio (“business”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ne‧go‧cio

Noun

negocio

1. business

Related terms

• negociante

Galician

Verb

negocio

1. first-person singular present indicative of negociar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

negocio m (plural negocios)

1. obsolete spelling of negócio

Etymology 2

Verb

negocio

1. (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) first-person singular present indicative of negociar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈɡoθjo/ [neˈɣ̞o.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /neˈɡosjo/ [neˈɣ̞o.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -oθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -osjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ne‧go‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin negōtium.

Noun

negocio m (plural negocios)

1. business, enterprise (commercial enterprise or establishment)

   Synonym: (New Mexico) bisnes

2. deal (a particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction)

   Synonym: transacción

3. deal (agreement between parties)

   Synonyms: trato, avenencia

4. profit, money-making

   Synonym: ganancia

5. shop

   Synonyms: tienda, comercio, almacén

Derived terms

• agronegocio
• alma del negocio
• banco de negocios
• gestión de negocios
• hombre de negocios
• modelo de negocio
• mujer de negocios
• viaje de negocios

Related terms

• negociar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

negocio

1. first-person singular present indicative of negociar

Further reading

• “negocio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025