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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin allēgātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleˈɡato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: a‧le‧ga‧to
Noun
alegato m (plural alegatos)
- allegation
- Synonym: alegación
- argument
- el alegato final ― the closing argument
2015 September 19, “La conga de Rajoy y el PP”, in El País:Fue […] todo un alegato a favor de la historia y la lucha del movimiento gay para lograr el matrimonio homosexual- It was an argument completely in favour of history and the gay-rights struggle to attain homosexual marriage
- (law) plea; statement
- lanzar un alegato ― release a statement
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