# entregar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin integrāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term. Sense “to deliver” influenced by Spanish entregar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ən.tɾəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [en.tɾeˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguí, past participle entregat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to deliver
    Synonym: lliurar
* to hand in, give in

#### Related terms

* enter

### Further reading

* “entregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “entregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “entregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese entregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre. Doublet of integrar (“to make up, compose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /entɾeˈɡaɾ/ [en̪.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /entɾeˈɡaɾ/ [en̪.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /entɾeˈħaɾ/ [en̪.t̪ɾeˈħɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado)
* (transitive) to deliver
* (transitive) to submit
* (transitive) to turn in, hand in, give in
* (transitive, archaic) to restore, return
* (pronominal) to surrender (oneself)
* (pronominal) to commit (oneself)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* enteiro
* entrego
* integrar
* íntegro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “entregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “entregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.tɾɨˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.tɾɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.tɾɨˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.tɾɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.tɾɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.tɾɨˈɣa.ɾi]

### Verb

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entreguei, past participle entregado, short past participle entregue)
* (transitive) to deliver (to transport something to a destination) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
    O carteiro entregou-me uma carta de minha mãe.The mailman delivered a letter from my mother to me.
* (transitive) to deliver; to hand over; to surrender (to relinquish control or possession of) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
    Synonym: dar
    O general teve que entregar a cidade após meses de cerco.The general had to hand the city over after months of siege.
* (informal, transitive) to reveal (to show non-obvious information) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
    A vermelhidão do rosto entregava seu constrangimento.The redness on her face revealed her embarrassment.
* (slang, transitive) to snitch (to); to grass; to inform on; to betray to (to report a criminal to the authorities) [with direct object ‘someone’ and a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]
    Synonyms: delatar, dedurar
    Judas entregou Jesus aos romanos.Judas betrayed Jesus to the Romans.
* (pronominal) to surrender (to give oneself up to the authorities) [with a ‘to someone, particularly in a position of power’]
    Um psicopata veio à delegacia para se entregar.A psychopath came to the police station to surrender.
* (pronominal) to incriminate onself (to reveal negative information about oneself, especially accidentally)
    O suspeito negava as acusações, mas os interrogadores fizeram-no se entregar.The suspect denied the accusations, but the interrogators made him incriminate himself.
* (reflexive) to surrender; to submit (to give oneself up into the power of another) [with a ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: render-se, capitular, ceder
* (reflexive) to give away (to unintentionally reveal a secret)
    Synonym: denunciar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Brazilian Portuguese. $^4$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:entregar.

#### Synonyms

* (to surrender oneself): render-se (a)

#### Derived terms

* entrega

#### Related terms

* inteiro
* integro

## Spanish
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin integrāre with metathesis (cf. medieval Spanish entrego). Compare the doublets integrar (“to make up, compose”) and enterar (“to inform, ascertain”). Cognate with English integrate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /entɾeˈɡaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧tre‧gar

### Verb

entregar (first-person singular present entrego, first-person singular preterite entregué, past participle entregado)
* (transitive) to deliver, to hand over, to hand off
* (transitive) to submit
* (transitive) to turn in (e.g. homework), hand in
* (reflexive) to surrender (oneself)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* entero
* entrega
* integro

### Further reading

* “entregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10