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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)
- selfless
Derived terms
Participle
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- past participle of abnegar
Spanish
Etymology
From abnegar + -ado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abneˈɡado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: ab‧ne‧ga‧do
Adjective
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- selfless
- Synonym: desinteresado
Derived terms
Participle
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- past participle of abnegar
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abnegado.
Pronunciation
Noun
abnegado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜇᜓ)
- abnegator
Adjective
abnegado (feminine abnegada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜇᜓ)
- 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