Italian

Verb

allego

1. first-person singular present indicative of allegare

Latin

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ legō ‎(“read, choose”).

Alternative forms

• adlegō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.le.ɡoː/

Verb

allegō ‎(present infinitive allegere, perfect active allēgī, supine allēctum); third conjugation

1. I select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)

Inflection

Derived terms

• allēctor
• allēctūra
• allēctus

Related terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: aleg, aleadziri
• English: adlect
• Romanian: alege, alegere

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ lēgō ‎(“despatch”).

Alternative forms

• adlēgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈleː.ɡoː/

Verb

allēgō ‎(present infinitive allēgāre, perfect active allēgāvī, supine allēgātum); first conjugation

1. I send someone away with a commission or charge, despatch, depute, employ, commission
2. I instigate someone to an act of fraud or deceit
3. I bring forward, relate, recount, mention, adduce; urge, plead

Inflection

Derived terms

• allēgātiō
• allēgātus

Related terms

Descendants

• French: alléguer
• Italian: allegare
• Portuguese: alegar
• Romanian: alege
• Spanish: alegar

References

• allego in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “allego”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

allego

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of allegar.