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/
    • (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

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