allegar
Spanish, verb/aʝeˈɡaɾ/
allegar is spelled A-L-L-E-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allegar is a Spanish verb meaning “to collect, gather, collect up, bring together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arrimar, acercar algo a otra cosa o a alguien”.
What does allegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collect, gather, collect up, bring together
- 2
to adopt (an idea, ideology etc.)
- 3
to approach
- 4
to arrive, reach, get to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arrimar, acercar algo a otra cosa o a alguien. 2. Recoger, juntar cosas en un montón. 3. Reunir, congregar. 4. Agregar, añadir.
verb: 1. Variante de llegar. 2. Tener acceso carnal. 3. Solicitar.
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 allegar
- allego first-person present singular
- allegué first-person preterite singular
- allegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- allegando gerund
- allegada feminine participle past
- allegados masculine participle past
- allegadas feminine participle past
- allegas indicative informal present
- allegás indicative informal present
- allega indicative present singular
- allegamos first-person indicative plural
- allegáis indicative plural present
- allegan indicative plural present
- allegaba first-person imperfect indicative
- allegabas imperfect indicative second-person
- allegábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- allegabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allegar?
- /aʝeˈɡaɾ/
- [a.ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [aʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to allegar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allegar in Spanish?
allegar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).