legar

v.

1 to bequeath (dejar en herencia).

2 to delegate.

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legar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 to bequeath

2 figurado to hand down, pass on

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VT to bequeath, leave (a to)

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verbo transitivo (en testamento) to bequeath, leave

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= bequeath, hand on.

Ex. On entering the parking lot behind the building, the secretary informed him that the library was bequeathed to the community in 1917.

Ex. Some experts have expressed grave doubts about the durability of contemporary literary and artistic works on paper and hence the possibility of handing on works of culture to future generations.

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verbo transitivo (en testamento) to bequeath, leave

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= bequeath, hand on.

Ex: On entering the parking lot behind the building, the secretary informed him that the library was bequeathed to the community in 1917.

Ex: Some experts have expressed grave doubts about the durability of contemporary literary and artistic works on paper and hence the possibility of handing on works of culture to future generations.

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legar [A3 ]

vt

(en un testamento) to bequeath, leave

los problemas que nos ha legado el gobierno anterior the problems handed down to us by the previous government

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legar (conjugate legar) verbo transitivo (en testamento) to bequeath, leave
legar vtr (un bien material) to bequeath
fig (un bien cultural, espiritual) to hand down, pass on
'legar' also found in these entries:
English:
hand down
- leave
- pass on
- will

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legar vt

1. [dejar en herencia] to bequeath;

un gusto por la ópera legado por sus padres a liking of opera inherited from her parents

2. [delegar] to delegate;

legar algo en alguien to delegate sth to sb

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legar

v/t leave

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legar {52} vt

1) : to bequeath, to hand down

2) delegar: to delegate