delegado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.leˈɡa.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡa.du/ [dɨ.lɨˈɣa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡa.du/ [dɨ.lɨˈɣa.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡa.du/

• Hyphenation: de‧le‧ga‧do

Noun

delegado m (plural delegados, feminine delegada, feminine plural delegadas)

1. delegate

Derived terms

• subdelegado

Participle

delegado (feminine delegada, masculine plural delegados, feminine plural delegadas)

1. past participle of delegar

Further reading

• “delegado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “delegado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deleˈɡado/ [d̪e.leˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧le‧ga‧do

Noun

delegado m (plural delegados, feminine delegada, feminine plural delegadas)

1. delegate
2. agent, representative

Derived terms

• consejero delegado
• subdelegado

Descendants

• → Tagalog: delegado

Participle

delegado (feminine delegada, masculine plural delegados, feminine plural delegadas)

1. past participle of delegar

Further reading

• “delegado”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish delegado.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deleˈɡado/ [d̪ɛ.lɛˈɣ̠aː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧le‧ga‧do

Noun

delegado (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜄᜇᜓ)

1. delegate

   Synonyms: kinatawan, sugo, representante

Related terms

• delegasyon