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Spanish
Etymology
From allegar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝeˈɡado/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aʎeˈɡado/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃeˈɡado/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒeˈɡado/
- 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
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)
- follower
See also
Participle
allegado (feminine allegada, masculine plural allegados, feminine plural allegadas)
- past participle of allegar
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