allegado
Spanish, noun/aʝeˈɡado/
allegado is spelled A-L-L-E-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allegado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “member of one's inner circle; nearest and dearest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of allegar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pariente familiar; amigo cercano”.
What does allegado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
close, near
noun
- 1
masculinemember of one's inner circle; nearest and dearest
- 2
masculinefollower
verb
- 1
past participle of allegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Cercano, próximo.
noun: 1. Pariente familiar; amigo cercano. 2. Persona que vive temporalmente en una casa ajena.
verb: 1. Participio de allegar o de allegarse.
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 allegado
- allegada feminine
- allegados masculine plural
- allegadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allegado?
- /aʝeˈɡado/
- [a.ʝeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
- [aʝeˈɣ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allegado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allegado in Spanish?
allegado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).