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

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

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ligar

1. to tie up; to bind

• 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), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16