alegato
Spanish, noun/aleˈɡato/
alegato is spelled A-L-E-G-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “allegation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Argumentación oral o escrita para defender o atacar algo o a alguien; acción de alegar”.
What does alegato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineallegation
- 2
masculineargument
el alegato final
- 3
masculineplea; statement
lanzar un alegato
- 4
Mexicomasculinedispute, discussion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Argumentación oral o escrita para defender o atacar algo o a alguien; acción de alegar. 2. Texto en el que el abogado expone argumentos y pruebas que fundamentan el derecho de su cliente y refutan las de su adversario. 3. Intercambio verbal de opiniones en conflicto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alegato
- alegatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegato?
- /aleˈɡato/
- [a.leˈɣ̞a.t̪o]
- [aleˈɣ̞at̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alegato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegato in Spanish?
alegato appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).