entregar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin integrāre, present active infinitive of integrō, probably taken as a semi-learned term.

Verb

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguí, past participle entregat)

1. to deliver
2. To hand in, give in

Related terms

• enter

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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

• IPA^(key): /entɾeˈɡaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to deliver
2. (transitive) to submit
3. (transitive) to turn in, hand in, give in
4. (transitive, archaic) to restore, return
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to surrender (oneself)
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit (oneself)

Related terms

• enteiro
• entrego
• integrar
• íntegro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar, probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin integrāre, present active infinitive of integrō. Doublet of integrar and inteirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ẽ.tɾɨ.ˈɣaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾe.ˈɡa(ʁ)/, /ẽ.tɾe.ˈɡa(ʁ)/

Verb

2. (transitive) to deliver (to transport something to a destination)

   O carteiro entregou-me uma carta de minha mãe.

   The mailman delivered a letter from my mother to me.

4. (transitive) to deliver; to hand over; to surrender (to relinquish control or possession of)

   O general teve que entregar a cidade após meses de cerco.

   The general had to hand the city over after months of siege.

6. (informal, transitive) to reveal (to show non-obvious information)

   A vermelhidão do rosto entregava seu constrangimento.

   The redness on her face revealed her embarrassment.

8. (slang, transitive) to snitch; to grass; to inform on; to betray to (to report a criminal to the authorities)

   Judas entregou Jesus aos romanos.

   Judas betrayed Jesus to the Romans.

10. Template:indtr to surrender (to) (to give oneself up to the authorities)

    Um psicopata veio à delegacia para se entregar.

    A psychopath came to the police station to surrender.

12. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:entregar.

Synonyms

• (to hand over): dar
• (to snitch): delatar, dedurar
• (to surrender oneself): render-se (a)

Derived terms

• entrega

Related terms

• inteiro
• integro

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin integrāre with metathesis, present active infinitive of integrō, with a semi-learned influence (cf. medieval Spanish entrego). Compare the doublets integrar (“to make up, compose”) and enterar (“to inform, ascertain”). Cognate with English integrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entɾeˈɡaɾ/, [entɾeˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to deliver; hand over
2. (transitive) to submit
3. (transitive) to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in
4. (reflexive) to surrender (oneself)

Related terms

• entrega
• entero
• integro