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entregar

Spanish, verb/entɾeˈɡaɾ/

entregar is spelled E-N-T-R-E-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entregar is a Spanish verb meaning “to deliver, to hand over, to hand off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner algo en las manos o en el poder de otra persona”.

What does entregar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to deliver, to hand over, to hand off

  2. 2

    to submit

  3. 3

    to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in

  4. 4

    to surrender (oneself)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Poner algo en las manos o en el poder de otra persona. 2. Devolver, restituir. 3. Meter de punta o de lado parte de un cuerpo en otro.

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 entregar

  • entrego first-person present singular
  • entregué first-person preterite singular
  • entregado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • entregando gerund
  • entregada feminine participle past
  • entregados masculine participle past
  • entregadas feminine participle past
  • entregas indicative informal present
  • entregás indicative informal present
  • entrega indicative present singular
  • entregamos first-person indicative plural
  • entregáis indicative plural present
  • entregan indicative plural present
  • entregaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • entregabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • entregábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • entregabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce entregar?

  • /entɾeˈɡaɾ/
  • [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to entregar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is entregar in Spanish?

entregar appears 23 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).

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