ligar

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō, which substituted the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese legar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Doublet of lear.

• IPA^(key): [liˈɣaɾ]

ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite liguei, past participle ligado)

1. (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
2. (metallurgy, transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)
3. (intransitive, of dough, clay) to acquire an elastic and homogeneous consistency

   As masas feitas de fariñas con glute ligan mellor, polo xeral

   Doughs made with glutinous flours are usually more homogeneous/elastic

4. (informal, intransitive) to flirt

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

Borrowed from Esperanto ligi, French lier, Italian legare, Spanish ligar..

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡar/

ligar (present tense ligas, past tense ligis, future tense ligos, imperative ligez, conditional ligus)

1. (transitive) to link, connect

   Synonyms: atachar, konektar

   Antonym: desligar

2. (transitive) to bind, tie

    Conjugation of ligar

		present		past		future
infinitive		ligar		ligir		ligor
tense		ligas		ligis		ligos
conditional		ligus
imperative		ligez
adjective active participle		liganta		liginta		ligonta
adverbial active participle		ligante		liginte		ligonte
nominal active participle	singular	liganto		liginto		ligonto
	plural	liganti		liginti		ligonti
adjective passive participle		ligata		ligita		ligota
adverbial passive participle		ligate		ligite		ligote
nominal passive participle	singular	ligato		ligito		ligoto
	plural	ligati		ligiti		ligoti

From Old Occitan, from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

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ligar

1. to tie up; to bind

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ligar			aver ligat
gerund		ligant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ligat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ligui	ligas	liga	ligam	ligatz	ligan
	imperfect	ligavi	ligavas	ligava	ligàvem	ligàvetz	ligavan
	preterite	liguèri	liguères	liguèt	liguèrem	liguèretz	liguèron
	future	ligarai	ligaràs	ligarà	ligarem	ligaretz	ligaràn
	conditional	ligariái	ligariás	ligariá	ligariam	ligariatz	ligarián
	conditional 2nd form1	liguèra	liguèras	liguèra	ligueram	ligueratz	liguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ligue	ligues	ligue	liguem	liguetz	liguen
	imperfect	liguèssi	liguèsses	liguèsse	liguèssem	liguèssetz	liguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			liga		liguem	ligatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		ligar			aver ligat
gerund		ligant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ligat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ligue	ligues	liga	ligam	ligatz	ligon
	imperfect	ligave	ligaves	ligava	ligaviam	ligaviatz	ligavon
	preterite	liguere	ligueres	liguet	liguem	liguetz	ligueron
	future	ligarai	ligaràs	ligará	ligarem	ligaretz	ligarán
	conditional	ligariá	ligariás	ligariá	ligariam	ligariatz	ligarián
	conditional 2nd form1	liguèra	liguèras	liguèra	ligueram	ligueratz	liguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ligue	ligues	ligue	ligassiam	ligassiatz	ligon
	imperfect	liguesse	liguesses	liguesse	liguessiam	liguessiatz	liguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			liga		ligassiam	ligatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		ligar			aver ligat
gerund		ligant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ligat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ligui	ligas	liga	ligam	ligatz	ligan
	imperfect	ligavi	ligavas	ligava	ligàvam	ligàvatz	ligavan
	preterite	liguèi	liguès	liguè	liguèm	liguètz	liguèn
	future	ligarèi	ligaràs	ligarà	ligaram	ligaratz	ligaràn
	conditional	ligarí	ligarés	ligaré	ligarem	ligaretz	ligarén
	conditional 2nd form1	liguèra	liguèras	liguèra	ligueram	ligueratz	liguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ligui	ligues	ligue	liguem	liguetz	liguen
	imperfect	liguèssi	liguèsses	liguèsse	liguèssem	liguèssetz	liguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			liga		liguem	ligatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		ligar			aver ligat
gerund		ligant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ligat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ligue	ligas	liga	ligam	ligatz	ligan
	imperfect	ligava	ligavas	ligava	ligàvam	ligàvatz	ligavan
	preterite	liguei	ligueras	liguet	liguèram	liguèratz	ligueran
	future	ligarai	ligaràs	ligará	ligarem	ligaretz	ligarán
	conditional	ligariá	ligariàs	ligariá	ligariam	ligariatz	ligarián
	conditional 2nd form1	liguèra	liguèras	liguèra	ligueram	ligueratz	liguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ligue	ligues	ligue	liguem	liguetz	liguen
	imperfect	liguèsse	liguèsses	liguèsse	liguèssem	liguèssetz	liguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			liga		liguem	ligatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		ligar			aver ligat
gerund		ligant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ligat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ligue	ligues	liga	ligam	ligatz	ligan
	imperfect	ligavi	ligavas	ligava	ligàvem	ligàvetz	ligavan
	preterite	liguère	liguères	liguèt	ligueriam	ligueriatz	liguèron
	future	ligarai	ligaràs	ligarà	ligarem	ligaretz	ligaràn
	conditional	ligariáu	ligariás	ligariá	ligariam	ligariatz	ligarián
	conditional 2nd form1	liguèra	liguèras	liguèra	ligueram	ligueratz	liguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ligue	ligues	ligue	liguem	liguetz	ligan
	imperfect	liguèsse	liguèsses	liguèsse	liguessiam	liguessiatz	liguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			liga		liguem	ligatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• desligar

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”). Compare the form liar, which may have (Old) French influence, as well as the inherited Old Portuguese form legar.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.ˈɡa(h)/

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• Hyphenation: li‧gar

ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite liguei, past participle ligado)

1. (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)

   Synonyms: juntar, conectar, unir, acoplar

   Antonyms: desconectar, separar, desacoplar

   O ferreiro ligou os ferros com um maçarico. ― The blacksmith connected the irons with a blowtorch.

2. (transitive) to connect; to associate (to consider multiples things related)

   Synonyms: conectar, associar, relacionar

   Antonym: desassociar

   O detetive tentou ligar as evidências. ― The detective tried to connect the evidence.

3. (transitive) to turn on (to make a device start operating)

   Antonym: desligar

   Liguem os motores e se preparem para a largada! ― Turn your engines on and prepare for the start of the race!

   Alguém ligou a luz. ― Somebody turned on the light.

4. (telephony) to call; to dial (to attempt to talk to someone with a telephone) [with para or a or indirect object pronoun ‘someone’]

   Synonym: telefonar (para)

   Tentei ligar para a minha mãe, mas ela não atendeu. ― I tried to call my mum, but she didn’t pick up.

5. (intransitive) to turn on (to start operating, said of a device)

   Computador não quer ligar. ― The computer doesn't want to turn on.

6. (intransitive, Brazil, informal) to care (about); to mind (to have concern or interest in) [with para ‘something’]

   Synonyms: dar a mínima, importar-se

   Antes eu não ligava para a política. ― Previously I didn't care about politics.

7. (Brazil, informal, reflexive) to become aware; to realize or perceive something

   Synonyms: tocar-se, dar-se conta

   Só me liguei depois. ― I only realized it later.

8. (metallurgy, transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)

   Para fazer bronze, deves ligar estanho com cobre. ― To make bronze, you must alloy tin with copper.

9. (surgery, transitive) to tie (tie a ligature around a vessel)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ligar.

• “ligar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “ligar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “ligar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ligar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ligar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ligar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ligāre,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”). Compare the doublet liar, which may have (Old) French influence or origins, as well as the inherited Old Spanish form legar (“to tie, bind”) (in modern Spanish, this word survives as a rare regionalism, often with a specialized sense such as "tie or bind a sheep for shearing", or "to join together, unite").

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡaɾ/ [liˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧gar

ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite ligué, past participle ligado)

1. (transitive) to link, join
2. (transitive) to tie
3. (intransitive, colloquial) to pull; to score (kiss or have sex)
4. (intransitive) to flirt

   Synonym: pinchar

5. (transitive, Argentina) to obtain; to get

• “ligar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28