🇪🇸 Spanish

legado

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el legado

legacy

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legado
/el leˈɡaðo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say legado in Spanish?

IPA
/el leˈɡaðo/

How do you pronounce legado in Spanish?

legado is pronounced /el leˈɡaðo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El legado histórico que dejó el abuelo fue muy importante para la familia.

The historical legacy that grandfather left was very important for the family.

Ese legado cultural antiguo necesita ser preservado cuidadosamente.

That ancient cultural legacy needs to be carefully preserved.

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Why is it masculine?

Legado is masculine because it derives from the Latin "legatum" (neuter noun meaning "bequest" or "legacy"), which became masculine in Spanish following the typical sound evolution where Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" transformed into Spanish masculine nouns ending in "-o." The word's grammatical gender was essentially inherited through this regular phonetic and morphological shift from Latin to Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for legacy?

The Spanish word for legacy is el legado — masculine.

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