allegado

close, intimate (of a person)

adjective noun ah-yeh-GAH-doh Rare

Also means

close associate, relative

Usage Note

Allegado describes someone who is emotionally close or in the inner circle: un allegado al presidente (a close associate of the president). As a noun, los allegados covers both close friends and relatives as a group — a convenient collective term when the exact relationship is unspecified. Do not confuse with llegado (arrived), a different word sharing the same ending.

Examples

"Solo los allegados asistieron al funeral privado."

Natural Translation

Only close relatives and friends attended the private funeral.

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