legado
Portuguese, noun/leˈɡa.du/
legado is spelled L-E-G-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ambassador” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of legar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disposição testamentária referente a bens certos, e não a uma porcentagem do espólio, como ocorre na herança”.
What does legado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineambassador
- 2
masculinenuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church)
noun
- 1
masculinelegacy
verb
- 1
past participle of legar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. disposição testamentária referente a bens certos, e não a uma porcentagem do espólio, como ocorre na herança 2. representante do papa 3. espécie de embaixador extraordinário 4. magistrado governador de província e/ou comandante de legião
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 legado
- legados plural
- legada feminine
- legadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legado?
- Brazil /leˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /lɨˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [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 legado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legado in Portuguese?
legado appears 19 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).