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entregar.

to deliver (to transport something to a destination)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

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  1. to deliver (to transport something to a destination)

    transitive
    O carteiro entregou-me uma carta de minha mãe.
  2. to deliver; to hand over; to surrender (to relinquish control or possession of)

    transitive
    O general teve que entregar a cidade após meses de cerco.
  3. to reveal (to show non-obvious information)

    informal · transitive
    A vermelhidão do rosto entregava seu constrangimento.
  4. to snitch (to); to grass; to inform on; to betray to (to report a criminal to the authorities)

    slang · transitive
    Judas entregou Jesus aos romanos.
  5. to surrender (to give oneself up to the authorities)

    pronominal
    Um psicopata veio à delegacia para se entregar.
  6. to incriminate oneself (to reveal negative information about oneself, especially accidentally)

    pronominal
    O suspeito negava as acusações, mas os interrogadores fizeram-no se entregar.
  7. to surrender; to submit (to give oneself up into the power of another)

    reflexive
  8. to give away (to unintentionally reveal a secret)

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar, probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar and inteirar.

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