entregar

From Latin integrāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term. Sense “to deliver” influenced by Spanish entregar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.tɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.tɾeˈɣaɾ]

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entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguí, past participle entregat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to deliver

   Synonym: lliurar

2. to hand in, give in

• enter

• “entregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “entregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “entregar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar (“to make up, compose”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado)

1. (transitive) to deliver
2. (transitive) to submit
3. (transitive) to turn in, hand in, give in
4. (transitive, archaic) to restore, return
5. (pronominal) to surrender (oneself)
6. (pronominal) to commit (oneself)

• enteiro
• entrego
• integrar
• íntegro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “entregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “entregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar, probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar and inteirar.

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entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado, short past participle entregue)

2. (transitive) to deliver (to transport something to a destination) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]

   O carteiro entregou-me uma carta de minha mãe.

   The mailman delivered a letter from my mother to me.

4. (transitive) to deliver; to hand over; to surrender (to relinquish control or possession of) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]

   Synonym: dar

   O general teve que entregar a cidade após meses de cerco.

   The general had to hand the city over after months of siege.

6. (informal, transitive) to reveal (to show non-obvious information) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]

   A vermelhidão do rosto entregava seu constrangimento.

   The redness on her face revealed her embarrassment.

8. (slang, transitive) to snitch (to); to grass; to inform on; to betray to (to report a criminal to the authorities) [with direct object ‘someone’ and a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]

   Synonyms: delatar, dedurar

   Judas entregou Jesus aos romanos.

   Judas betrayed Jesus to the Romans.

10. (pronominal) to surrender (to give oneself up to the authorities) [with a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]

    Um psicopata veio à delegacia para se entregar.

    A psychopath came to the police station to surrender.

12. (pronominal) to incriminate onself (to reveal negative information about oneself, especially accidentally)

    O suspeito negava as acusações, mas os interrogadores fizeram-no se entregar.

    The suspect denied the accusations, but the interrogators made him incriminate himself.

13. (reflexive) to surrender; to submit (to give oneself up into the power of another) [with a ‘to someone’]

    Synonyms: render-se, capitular, ceder

14. (reflexive) to give away (to unintentionally reveal a secret)

    Synonym: denunciar

For quotations using this term, see Citations:entregar.

• (to surrender oneself): render-se (a)

• entrega

• inteiro
• integro

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre with metathesis (cf. medieval Spanish entrego). Compare the doublets integrar (“to make up, compose”) and enterar (“to inform, ascertain”). Cognate with English integrate.

• IPA^(key): /entɾeˈɡaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tre‧gar

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entregué, past participle entregado)

1. (transitive) to deliver, to hand over, to hand off
2. (transitive) to submit
3. (transitive) to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in
4. (reflexive) to surrender (oneself)

• “entregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024