legado

/leˈɡado/ · B2 · noun · m

bequest

📜🏛️ legado = what is legated: Latin legatum, a bequest left in a will

From Latin legare, to bequeath. English shares the root: legacy and legate. Spanish dropped the -cy and kept the past participle: legado, literally the thing left behind for heirs.

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