allegado

Spanish

Etymology

From allegar.

Pronunciation

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)

close, near

Noun

allegado m (plural allegados)

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

See also

deudo

Participle

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

past participle of allegar

Further reading

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

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