entregar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin integrāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term. Sense “to deliver” influenced by Spanish entregar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.tɾəˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [en.tɾeˈɣaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Verb
[edit]entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguí, past participle entregat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of entregar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “entregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “entregar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar (“to make up, compose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb
[edit]entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado)
- (transitive) to deliver
- (transitive) to submit
- (transitive) to turn in, hand in, give in
- (transitive, archaic) to restore, return
- (pronominal) to surrender (oneself)
- (pronominal) to commit (oneself)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of entregar (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of entregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “entregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “entregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “entregar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre with metathesis.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]entregar
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “entero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 642–643
Further reading
[edit]- “entregar(se)”, in Diccionario del español medieval electrónico [Electronic Dictionary of Medieval Spanish] (in Spanish, English, and German), Rostock University and Paderborn University, 2022–present
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “entregar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 224
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar, probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar and inteirar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/
Verb
[edit]entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado, short past participle entregue)
- (transitive) to deliver (to transport something to a destination) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
- O carteiro entregou-me uma carta de minha mãe.
- The mailman delivered a letter from my mother to me.
- (transitive) to deliver; to hand over; to surrender (to relinquish control or possession of) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
- Synonym: dar
- O general teve que entregar a cidade após meses de cerco.
- The general had to hand the city over after months of siege.
- (informal, transitive) to reveal (to show non-obvious information) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
- A vermelhidão do rosto entregava seu constrangimento.
- The redness on her face revealed her embarrassment.
- (slang, transitive) to snitch (to); to grass; to inform on; to betray to (to report a criminal to the authorities) [with direct object ‘someone’ and a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]
- (pronominal) to surrender (to give oneself up to the authorities) [with a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]
- (pronominal) to incriminate oneself (to reveal negative information about oneself, especially accidentally)
- O suspeito negava as acusações, mas os interrogadores fizeram-no se entregar.
- The suspect denied the accusations, but the interrogators made him incriminate himself.
- (reflexive) to surrender; to submit (to give oneself up into the power of another) [with a ‘to someone’]
- (reflexive) to give away (to unintentionally reveal a secret)
- Synonym: denunciar
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of entregar (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:entregar.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entregar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “entregar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish entregar, entegrar, semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre with metathesis (compare Old Spanish entrego).[1]
Doublet of integrar (“to integrate”) and enterar (“to inform; to find out”). Cognate with English integrate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entregué, past participle entregado)
- (transitive) to deliver, to hand over, to hand off
- (transitive) to submit
- (transitive) to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in
- (reflexive) to surrender (oneself)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of entregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of entregar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “entero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 642–643
Further reading
[edit]- “entregar”, 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
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