abnegado

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bi.neˈɡa.du/, /ab.neˈɡa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ab.neˈɡa.do/, /a.bi.neˈɡa.do/

Adjective

abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)

  1. selfless

Derived terms

Participle

abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)

  1. past participle of abnegar

Spanish

Etymology

From the past participle of abnegar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abneˈɡado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: ab‧ne‧ga‧do

Adjective

abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)

  1. selfless

Derived terms

Participle

abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)

  1. past participle of abnegar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abnegado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ab‧ne‧ga‧do
  • IPA(key): /ʔabneˈɡado/,

Noun

abnegado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜇᜓ)

  1. abnegator

Related terms

Adjective

abnegado (feminine abnegada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜇᜓ)

  1. selfless

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 3