🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

delegado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: delegado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
delegate/ˈdel.ɪ.ɡət/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El delegado votó a favor de la nueva propuesta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person chosen or elected to represent a group of people, especially at a meeting or conference.

    "Each union elected a delegate to attend the national convention."
As verb
  1. 1

    To entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior.

    "As a manager, you must learn to delegate tasks effectively."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin delegatus, past participle of delegare 'send on a mission, commission', from de- 'away' + legare 'send as an ambassador, bequeath'.

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