allegar

See also: al·legar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• llegar (Eastern Asturias)
• chegar (Patsuezu, Cangas del Narcea, Tox, Valle Gordo, A Estierna)
• achegar (Patsuezu)

Etymology

From Old Leonese allegar and this from Latin plicāre. See also the doublet plegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʎeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʎeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lle‧gar

Verb

allegar (first-person singular indicative present allego, past participle allegáu)

1. to arrive

   Synonym: aportar

   • 1843, Juan Junquera Huergo, Llos Trabayos de Chinticu‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 July 2024:

     A Xixon allegué aína

     I arrived early in Gijón

   • 1878, Xuan Acebal, El amor del hogar‎^[2]:

     Pos prúyei allegar cuanto más ina,

     Because he's worried about arriving as early as possible,

2. to reach
   • 1878, Justo Álvarez Amandi, Beatus Ille‎^[3]:

     si quiciavis a aquesti mar allega,

     if perhaps it reaches this sea

3. to bring closer

   Synonyms: arimar, acercar, averar

   • 1634-1662?, Antón de Marirreguera, Diálogo Político‎^[4]:

     Que aquel que s'allega al sol,

     that he who gets closer to the sun

4. to relate, become related

   Synonym: emparentar

Conjugation

Conjugation of allegar

infinitive		allegar
gerund		allegando
past participle		m allegáu, f allegada, n allegao, m pl allegaos, f pl allegaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	allego	allegues	allega	allegamos	allegáis	alleguen
	imperfect	allegaba	allegabes	allegaba	allegábemos, allegábamos	allegabeis, allegabais	allegaben
	preterite	allegué	allegasti, alleguesti	allegó	alleguemos	allegastis, alleguestis	allegaron
	pluperfect	allegare, allegara	allegares, allegaras	allegare, allegara	allegáremos, allegáramos	allegareis, allegarais	allegaren, allegaran
	future	allegaré	allegarás	allegará	allegaremos	allegaréis	allegarán
	conditional	allegaría	allegaríes	allegaría	allegaríemos, allegaríamos	allegaríeis, allegaríais	allegaríen
subjunctive	present	allegue	allegues, allegas	allegue	alleguemos	alleguéis	alleguen, allegan
	imperfect	allegare, allegara	allegares, allegaras	allegare, allegara	allegáremos, allegáramos	allegareis, allegarais	allegaren, allegaran
imperative		—	allega	—	—	allegái	—

Derived terms

• allegáu

Latin

Verb

allegar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of allegō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin applicāre. Compare the doublets aplegar and aplicar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aʝeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aʎeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʎeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʃeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒeˈɡaɾ/ [a.ʒeˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lle‧gar

Verb

allegar (first-person singular present allego, first-person singular preterite allegué, past participle allegado)

1. (transitive) to collect, gather, collect up, bring together
   • 1870, Carlos Ramírez de Arellano, El licenciado Pedro de La-Gasca, Chapter 6:

     algún afán por allegar riquezas

     a hankering for gathering riches

2. (reflexive) to adopt (an idea, ideology etc.)
3. (reflexive) to approach
4. (intransitive or reflexive) to arrive, reach, get to
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:

     —El señor Souza dice que se allegue dentro de media hora.

     “Mr. Souza says he will arrive within half an hour.”

Conjugation

    Conjugation of allegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			allegar
gerund			allegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		allegado		allegada
		plural		allegados		allegadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	allego	allegastú allegásvos	allega	allegamos	allegáis	allegan
	imperfect	allegaba	allegabas	allegaba	allegábamos	allegabais	allegaban
	preterite	allegué	allegaste	allegó	allegamos	allegasteis	allegaron
	future	allegaré	allegarás	allegará	allegaremos	allegaréis	allegarán
	conditional	allegaría	allegarías	allegaría	allegaríamos	allegaríais	allegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	allegue	alleguestú alleguésvos2	allegue	alleguemos	alleguéis	alleguen
	imperfect (ra)	allegara	allegaras	allegara	allegáramos	allegarais	allegaran
	imperfect (se)	allegase	allegases	allegase	allegásemos	allegaseis	allegasen
	future1	allegare	allegares	allegare	allegáremos	allegareis	allegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		allegatú allegávos	allegue	alleguemos	allegad	alleguen
	negative		no allegues	no allegue	no alleguemos	no alleguéis	no alleguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of allegar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive allegar	dative	allegarme	allegarte	allegarle, allegarse	allegarnos	allegaros	allegarles, allegarse
	accusative	allegarme	allegarte	allegarlo, allegarla, allegarse	allegarnos	allegaros	allegarlos, allegarlas, allegarse
with gerund allegando	dative	allegándome	allegándote	allegándole, allegándose	allegándonos	allegándoos	allegándoles, allegándose
	accusative	allegándome	allegándote	allegándolo, allegándola, allegándose	allegándonos	allegándoos	allegándolos, allegándolas, allegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative allega	dative	allégame	allégate	allégale	alléganos	not used	allégales
	accusative	allégame	allégate	allégalo, allégala	alléganos	not used	allégalos, allégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative allegá	dative	allegame	allegate	allegale	alleganos	not used	allegales
	accusative	allegame	allegate	allegalo, allegala	alleganos	not used	allegalos, allegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative allegue	dative	allégueme	not used	alléguele, alléguese	alléguenos	not used	allégueles
	accusative	allégueme	not used	alléguelo, alléguela, alléguese	alléguenos	not used	alléguelos, alléguelas
with first-person plural imperative alleguemos	dative	not used	alleguémoste	alleguémosle	alleguémonos	alleguémoos	alleguémosles
	accusative	not used	alleguémoste	alleguémoslo, alleguémosla	alleguémonos	alleguémoos	alleguémoslos, alleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative allegad	dative	allegadme	not used	allegadle	allegadnos	allegaos	allegadles
	accusative	allegadme	not used	allegadlo, allegadla	allegadnos	allegaos	allegadlos, allegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alleguen	dative	alléguenme	not used	alléguenle	alléguennos	not used	alléguenles, alléguense
	accusative	alléguenme	not used	alléguenlo, alléguenla	alléguennos	not used	alléguenlos, alléguenlas, alléguense

Related terms

• allegado
• allegador
• llegar

Further reading

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