delegado
Portuguese, noun/de.leˈɡa.du/
delegado is spelled D-E-L-E-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,799th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delegado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “delegate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of delegar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é autorizado por outrem a representá-lo”.
What does delegado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelegate
verb
- 1
past participle of delegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que é autorizado por outrem a representá-lo 2. profissional que tem a seu cargo serviço público dependente de autoridade superior 3. delegado de polícia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of delegado
- delegados plural
- delegada feminine
- delegadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delegado?
- Brazil /de.leˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /dɨ.lɨˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [dɨ.lɨˈɣa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delegado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delegado in Portuguese?
delegado appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).