allegado

Spanish

Etymology

From allegar.

Pronunciation

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• 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]

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

Verb

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle allegar.

Further reading

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