ilegal

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis corresponding to i- +‎ legal.

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: i‧le‧gal

ilegal m or f (plural ilegais)

1. illegal

   Antonym: legal

• ilegalmente

• “ilegal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• illegal (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis. By surface analysis, i- +‎ legal.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: i‧le‧gal

ilegal m or f (plural ilegais)

1. illegal; unlawful (forbidden by the law)

   Synonym: ilegítimo

   Antonym: legal

• “ilegal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French illégal, Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis. Equivalent to i- +‎ legal.

• IPA^(key): /ileˈɡal/

ilegal m or n (feminine singular ilegală, masculine plural ilegali, feminine and neuter plural ilegale)

1. illegal, unlawful

   Synonym: ilicit

   Antonyms: legal, licit

• ilegalitate

Borrowed from Medieval Latin illēgālis, from Latin lēgālis corresponding to i- +‎ legal.

• IPA^(key): /ileˈɡal/ [i.leˈɣ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧le‧gal

ilegal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ilegales)

1. illegal, unlawful

   Antonym: legal

   • 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Por qué el velocímetro de tu automóvil sube a más de 200 km/h (incluso cuando el auto no puede)”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Eso es casi el doble del límite de velocidad más alto permitido en Estados Unidos, 136 km/h (85 mph), en un tramo de carretera en Texas. ¿Por qué nuestros velocímetros se estiran a una velocidad que es ilegal y que solo alcanzarán los pilotos de carreras?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

ilegal m or f by sense (plural ilegales)

1. illegal immigrant

• “ilegal”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish ilegal, from Medieval Latin illēgālis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔileˈɡal/ [ʔɪ.lɛˈɣal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧le‧gal

ilegál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜎ᜔)

1. illegal; unlawful

   Synonyms: labag, (colloquial) kolorum

• ilegalidad
• legal
• legalidad

• “ilegal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018