disagree

English

Etymology

From Middle English disagre (“to refuse to assent to”),[1] from Anglo-Norman disagreer, disagrer, desagreer (“to refuse assent”), from Old French desagreer, desagrëer (“to be disagreeable; to be unpleasant”) (modern French désagréer (“to displease”));[2] the English word is analysable as dis- +‎ agree.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈɡɹiː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈɡɹi/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: dis‧a‧gree

Verb

disagree (third-person singular simple present disagrees, present participle disagreeing, simple past and past participle disagreed)

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
Synonym: beg to differ
John disagreed with Mary frequently.
Bob says cats are friendlier than dogs, but I disagree.
(intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.
My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.

Usage notes

This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Derived terms

agree to disagree
disagreeable
disagreeableness
disagreeably
disagreeance
disagreement
disagreer
disagree with

Translations

to fail to agree

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: اختلف‎ (iḵtalaf)
Belarusian: не згадзіцца pf (nje zhadzicca), не згаджацца impf (nje zhadžacca)
Chinese:
Literary Chinese: 齟齬
Mandarin: 不同意 (zh) (bù tóngyì) (opposite of 同意), 反對／反对 (zh) (fǎnduì)
Czech: nesouhlasit
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} het niet eens zijn , ^{(please verify)} het oneens zijn
Esperanto: malkonsenti
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: anderer Meinung sein
Greek: διαφωνώ (el) (diafonó)
Italian: non concordare, dissentire (it), disconvenire, discrepare (it), divergere (it), non essere d'accordo
Japanese: 反対する (hantai-suru), 異なる (ja) (kotonaru), 揉める (momeru)
Latin: dissentiō
Lithuanian: prieštarauti (lt)
Maori: wenewene
Norwegian: (være) uenig
Portuguese: discordar (pt)
Romanian: nu fi de acord
Russian: не соглаша́ться (ne soglašátʹsja) (opposite of соглашаться)
Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrd
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} no estar de acuerdo
Swedish: inte hålla med
Welsh: anghytuno (cy), anghydweld (cy), anghydsynio
Westrobothnian: osämjäs

to fail to conform or correspond with

Czech: nesouhlasit, neodpovídat
Dutch: niet overeenkomen (nl), niet overeenstemmen
Greek: διαφωνώ (el) (diafonó)
Italian: discordare (it)
Latin: dissideo
Maori: wenewene
Norwegian: ikke stemme overens
Portuguese: discordar (pt)
Russian: расходи́ться (ru) (rasxodítʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: mì-chòrd
Spanish: discrepar (es)
Welsh: anghytuno (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "to fail to agree"

American Sign Language: ^{(please verify)} 1@Sfhead-PalmDown 1@TipFinger-FingerAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerAcross 1@FromTipFinger-1@InsideChesthigh
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} عَارَضَ‎ (ʿāraḍa)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} различавам се (različavam se), ^{(please verify)} не съвпадам (ne sǎvpadam)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} essere in disaccordo

References

“disagrẹ̄, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“disagree, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2017; “disagree, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

[1] “disagrẹ̄, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[2] “disagree, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2017; “disagree, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.