alegar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions
  2. (transitive) to claim, to allege
  3. (intransitive) to complain
  4. (intransitive) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend
  5. to converse, talk

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
a‧le‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aleˈɡaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin allēgāre.

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