legar

See also: legär

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡär]

Verb

legar

1. inflection of legō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

legar m

1. indefinite plural of lege

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ligāre.

Verb

legar

1. to tie, bind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legar

infinitive				legar
gerund		simple		legando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		legado		legados
		feminine		legada		legadas
present participle				legante		legantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	lego	legas	lega	legamos	legades	legan
	imperfect	legava	legavas	legava	legavamos, legávamos	legavades, legávades	legavan
	preterite	leguei	legaste, legasche, legache	legou	legamos	legastes	legaron
	pluperfect	legara	legaras	legara	legaramos, legáramos	legarades, legárades	legaran
	future	legarei	legarás	legará	legaremos	legaredes	legarán
	conditional	legaria	legarias	legaria	legariamos, legaríamos	legariades, legaríades	legarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	legue	legues	legue	leguemos	leguedes	leguen
	imperfect	legasse	legasses	legasse	legassemos, legássemos	legassedes, legássedes	legassen
	future	legar	legares	legar	legarmos	legardes	legaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	lega	legue	leguemos	legade	—
negative		—	non legues	non legue	non leguemos	non leguedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		legar	legares	legar	legarmos	legardes	legaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

References

• 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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeɣar/

Verb

legar

1. passive singular imperative of legaid

Mutation

Mutation of legar

radical	lenition	nasalization
legar also llegar after a proclitic ending in a vowel	legar pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ligāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾ/

Verb

legar

1. to tie, bind (e.g. with rope)
   • c. 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora:

     legáronli las manos con un fuerte dogal.

     They tied his hands together with a strong noose.

2. to make impotent for procreation through the use of a spell or hex

Related terms

• enlegar
• legador
• legadura

Descendants

• Spanish: legar (regional, rare)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡar
• Syllabification: le‧gar

Noun

legar m inan

1. joist

Declension

Declension of legar

	singular	plural
nominative	legar	legary
genitive	legara	legarów
dative	legarowi	legarom
accusative	legar	legary
instrumental	legarem	legarami
locative	legarze	legarach
vocative	legarze	legary

Further reading

• legar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• legar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [leˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [leˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [leˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡaɾ/ [lɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡaɾ/ [lɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [lɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: le‧gar

Verb

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite leguei, past participle legado)

1. (transitive) to bequeath, leave, will (make a bequest)
2. (transitive) to legate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	legar
Personal	legar	legares	legar	legarmos	legardes	legarem
Gerund
	legando
Past participle
Masculine	legado			legados
Feminine	legada			legadas
Indicative
Present	lego	legas	lega	legamos	legais	legam
Imperfect	legava	legavas	legava	legávamos	legáveis	legavam
Preterite	leguei	legaste	legou	legamos1, legámos2	legastes	legaram
Pluperfect	legara	legaras	legara	legáramos	legáreis	legaram
Future	legarei	legarás	legará	legaremos	legareis	legarão
Conditional	legaria	legarias	legaria	legaríamos	legaríeis	legariam
Subjunctive
Present	legue	legues	legue	leguemos	legueis	leguem
Imperfect	legasse	legasses	legasse	legássemos	legásseis	legassem
Future	legar	legares	legar	legarmos	legardes	legarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lega	legue	leguemos	legai	leguem
Negative (não)		não legues	não legue	não leguemos	não legueis	não leguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “legar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “legar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “legar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “legar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “legar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “legar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

legar n (plural legare)

1. ruler (instrument)

Declension

Declension of legar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	legar	legarul		legare	legarele
genitive-dative	legar	legarului		legare	legarelor
vocative	legarule			legarelor

References

• legar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾ/ [leˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧gar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lēgāre.

Verb

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite legué, past participle legado)

1. (transitive) to hand down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			legar
gerund			legando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legado		legada
		plural		legados		legadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lego	legastú legásvos	lega	legamos	legáis	legan
	imperfect	legaba	legabas	legaba	legábamos	legabais	legaban
	preterite	legué	legaste	legó	legamos	legasteis	legaron
	future	legaré	legarás	legará	legaremos	legaréis	legarán
	conditional	legaría	legarías	legaría	legaríamos	legaríais	legarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	legue	leguestú leguésvos2	legue	leguemos	leguéis	leguen
	imperfect (ra)	legara	legaras	legara	legáramos	legarais	legaran
	imperfect (se)	legase	legases	legase	legásemos	legaseis	legasen
	future1	legare	legares	legare	legáremos	legareis	legaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		legatú legávos	legue	leguemos	legad	leguen
	negative		no legues	no legue	no leguemos	no leguéis	no leguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of legar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive legar	dative	legarme	legarte	legarle, legarse	legarnos	legaros	legarles, legarse
	accusative	legarme	legarte	legarlo, legarla, legarse	legarnos	legaros	legarlos, legarlas, legarse
with gerund legando	dative	legándome	legándote	legándole, legándose	legándonos	legándoos	legándoles, legándose
	accusative	legándome	legándote	legándolo, legándola, legándose	legándonos	legándoos	legándolos, legándolas, legándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lega	dative	légame	légate	légale	léganos	not used	légales
	accusative	légame	légate	légalo, légala	léganos	not used	légalos, légalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative legá	dative	legame	legate	legale	leganos	not used	legales
	accusative	legame	legate	legalo, legala	leganos	not used	legalos, legalas
with formal second-person singular imperative legue	dative	légueme	not used	léguele, léguese	léguenos	not used	légueles
	accusative	légueme	not used	léguelo, léguela, léguese	léguenos	not used	léguelos, léguelas
with first-person plural imperative leguemos	dative	not used	leguémoste	leguémosle	leguémonos	leguémoos	leguémosles
	accusative	not used	leguémoste	leguémoslo, leguémosla	leguémonos	leguémoos	leguémoslos, leguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative legad	dative	legadme	not used	legadle	legadnos	legaos	legadles
	accusative	legadme	not used	legadlo, legadla	legadnos	legaos	legadlos, legadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative leguen	dative	léguenme	not used	léguenle	léguennos	not used	léguenles, léguense
	accusative	léguenme	not used	léguenlo, léguenla	léguennos	not used	léguenlos, léguenlas, léguense

Related terms

• legal
• ley

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish legar, inherited from Latin ligāre. Compare the doublets ligar and liar.

Verb

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite legué, past participle legado)

1. (transitive, rare) to join, bring together, unite

   Synonyms: juntar, congregar, reunir

2. (transitive, rare, regional) to tie or bind (especially in the context of tying sheep for shearing)

   Synonym: atar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			legar
gerund			legando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legado		legada
		plural		legados		legadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lego	legastú legásvos	lega	legamos	legáis	legan
	imperfect	legaba	legabas	legaba	legábamos	legabais	legaban
	preterite	legué	legaste	legó	legamos	legasteis	legaron
	future	legaré	legarás	legará	legaremos	legaréis	legarán
	conditional	legaría	legarías	legaría	legaríamos	legaríais	legarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	legue	leguestú leguésvos2	legue	leguemos	leguéis	leguen
	imperfect (ra)	legara	legaras	legara	legáramos	legarais	legaran
	imperfect (se)	legase	legases	legase	legásemos	legaseis	legasen
	future1	legare	legares	legare	legáremos	legareis	legaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		legatú legávos	legue	leguemos	legad	leguen
	negative		no legues	no legue	no leguemos	no leguéis	no leguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of legar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive legar	dative	legarme	legarte	legarle, legarse	legarnos	legaros	legarles, legarse
	accusative	legarme	legarte	legarlo, legarla, legarse	legarnos	legaros	legarlos, legarlas, legarse
with gerund legando	dative	legándome	legándote	legándole, legándose	legándonos	legándoos	legándoles, legándose
	accusative	legándome	legándote	legándolo, legándola, legándose	legándonos	legándoos	legándolos, legándolas, legándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lega	dative	légame	légate	légale	léganos	not used	légales
	accusative	légame	légate	légalo, légala	léganos	not used	légalos, légalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative legá	dative	legame	legate	legale	leganos	not used	legales
	accusative	legame	legate	legalo, legala	leganos	not used	legalos, legalas
with formal second-person singular imperative legue	dative	légueme	not used	léguele, léguese	léguenos	not used	légueles
	accusative	légueme	not used	léguelo, léguela, léguese	léguenos	not used	léguelos, léguelas
with first-person plural imperative leguemos	dative	not used	leguémoste	leguémosle	leguémonos	leguémoos	leguémosles
	accusative	not used	leguémoste	leguémoslo, leguémosla	leguémonos	leguémoos	leguémoslos, leguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative legad	dative	legadme	not used	legadle	legadnos	legaos	legadles
	accusative	legadme	not used	legadlo, legadla	legadnos	legaos	legadlos, legadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative leguen	dative	léguenme	not used	léguenle	léguennos	not used	léguenles, léguense
	accusative	léguenme	not used	léguenlo, léguenla	léguennos	not used	léguenlos, léguenlas, léguense

Further reading

• “legar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10