abnegado
Portuguese
Adjective
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- selfless
Derived terms
- abnegadamente
Participle
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- past participle of abnegar
Spanish
Etymology
From the past participle of abnegar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abneˈɡado/ [aβ̞.neˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: ab‧ne‧ga‧do
Adjective
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- selfless
Derived terms
- abnegadamente
Participle
abnegado (feminine abnegada, masculine plural abnegados, feminine plural abnegadas)
- past participle of abnegar
Further reading
- “abnegado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014