legado
Spanish, noun/leˈɡado/
legado is spelled L-E-G-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,065th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “legacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of legar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enviado o ministro enviado para representar a una autoridad en un asunto”.
What does legado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegacy
verb
- 1
past participle of legar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enviado o ministro enviado para representar a una autoridad en un asunto 2. Jefe de una legión romana 3. Representante de la autoridad imperial en las provincias romanas 4. Eclesiástico que representa al Papa
noun: 1. Acción y efecto de legar 2. Bien, material o inmaterial, que se deja a los sucesores o herederos 3. En especial, aquél que es objeto de disposición testamentaria expresa
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 legado
- legados plural
- legada feminine
- legadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legado?
- /leˈɡado/
- [leˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
- [leˈɣ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legado in Spanish?
legado appears 19 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).