allegado

Spanish

Etymology

From allegar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aʝeˈɡado/ [a.ʝeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /aʎeˈɡado/ [a.ʎeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /aʃeˈɡado/ [a.ʃeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /aʒeˈɡado/ [a.ʒeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: a‧lle‧ga‧do

Adjective

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

  1. close, near
    Synonym: cercano

Noun

allegado m (plural allegados)

  1. (in the plural) member of one's inner circle; nearest and dearest
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 247:
      No se deben coger flores en los cementerios, porque son amenazas de muerte, no sólo para el que las toma, sino también para sus deudos y allegados.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. follower
    Synonym: seguidor

See also

Participle

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

  1. past participle of allegar

Further reading

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