legado

Esperanto

Etymology

From legi +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [leɡˈado]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: leg‧a‧do

Noun

legado (uncountable, accusative legadon)

1. reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡa.du/ [lɨˈɣa.ðu]

• Hyphenation: le‧ga‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lēgātus (“envoy, ambassador”).

Noun

legado m (plural legados)

1. ambassador

   Synonym: embaixador

2. (Roman Catholicism) nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church)

   Synonym: núncio

Etymology 2

From legar, from Latin lēgātum (“legacy”).

Participle

legado (feminine legada, masculine plural legados, feminine plural legadas)

1. past participle of legar

Noun

legado m (plural legados)

1. legacy

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡado/ [leˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: le‧ga‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin lēgātus.

Noun

legado m (plural legados)

1. legacy

Etymology 2

Participle

legado (feminine legada, masculine plural legados, feminine plural legadas)

1. past participle of legar

Further reading

• “legado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28