allegado

Spanish

Etymology

From allegar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aʝeˈɡado/ [a.ʝeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝeˈɡado/ [a.ʝeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aʎeˈɡado/ [a.ʎeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃeˈɡado/ [a.ʃeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒeˈɡado/ [a.ʒeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧lle‧ga‧do

Adjective

allegado (feminine allegada, masculine plural allegados, feminine plural allegadas)

1. close, near

Noun

allegado m (plural allegados)

1. member of one's inner circle; (in plural) nearest and dearest
2. follower

See also

• deudo

Participle

allegado (feminine allegada, masculine plural allegados, feminine plural allegadas)

1. past participle of allegar

Further reading

• “allegado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014