ligar
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite liguei, past participle ligado)
- (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
- (metallurgy, transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)
- (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
- (informal, intransitive) to flirt
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | ligar | |||||
Personal | ligar | ligares | ligar | ligarmos | ligardes | ligaren |
Gerund | ||||||
ligando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | ligado | ligados | ||||
Feminine | ligada | ligadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | ligo | ligas | liga | ligamos | ligades | ligan |
Imperfect | ligaba | ligabas | ligaba | ligabamos | ligabades | ligaban |
Preterite | liguei | ligaches | ligou | ligamos | ligastes | ligaron |
Pluperfect | ligara | ligaras | ligara | ligaramos | ligarades | ligaran |
Future | ligarei | ligarás | ligará | ligaremos | ligaredes | ligarán |
Conditional | ligaría | ligarías | ligaría | ligariamos | ligariades | ligarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | ligue | ligues | ligue | liguemos | liguedes | liguen |
Imperfect | ligase | ligases | ligase | ligásemos | ligásedes | ligasen |
Future | ligar | ligares | ligar | ligarmos | ligardes | ligaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | liga | ligue | liguemos | ligade | liguen | |
Negative (non) | non ligues | non ligue | non liguemos | non liguedes | non liguen |
1Less recommended.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “legar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “legar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ligar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ligar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “ligar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ligar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “ligar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto ligi, French lier, Italian legare, Spanish ligar..
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ligar (present tense ligas, past tense ligis, future tense ligos, imperative ligez, conditional ligus)
- (transitive) to link, connect
- (transitive) to bind, tie
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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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 |
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan, from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
ligar
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite liguei, past participle ligado)
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (telephony, transitive with para or a or an indirect objective pronoun) to call; to dial (to attempt to talk to someone with a telephone)
- 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.
- (intransitive) to turn on (to start operating, said of a device)
- Computador não quer ligar. ― The computer doesn't want to turn on.
- (Brazil, informal, intransitive, or transitive with para) to care (about); to mind (to have concern or interest in)
- Synonyms: dar a mínima, importar-se
- Antes eu não ligava para a política. ― Previously I didn’t care about politics.
- (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.
- (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.
- (surgery, transitive) to tie (tie a ligature around a vessel)
Conjugation edit
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 | ligar | |||||
Personal | ligar | ligares | ligar | ligarmos | ligardes | ligarem |
Gerund | ||||||
ligando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | ligado | ligados | ||||
Feminine | ligada | ligadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | ligo | ligas | liga | ligamos | ligais | ligam |
Imperfect | ligava | ligavas | ligava | ligávamos | ligáveis | ligavam |
Preterite | liguei | ligaste | ligou | ligamos1, ligámos2 | ligastes | ligaram |
Pluperfect | ligara | ligaras | ligara | ligáramos | ligáreis | ligaram |
Future | ligarei | ligarás | ligará | ligaremos | ligareis | ligarão |
Conditional | ligaria | ligarias | ligaria | ligaríamos | ligaríeis | ligariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | ligue | ligues | ligue | liguemos | ligueis | liguem |
Imperfect | ligasse | ligasses | ligasse | ligássemos | ligásseis | ligassem |
Future | ligar | ligares | ligar | ligarmos | ligardes | ligarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | liga | ligue | liguemos | ligai | liguem | |
Negative (não) | não ligues | não ligue | não liguemos | não ligueis | não liguem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ligar.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ligar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “ligar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “ligar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ligar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “ligar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “ligar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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").
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ligar (first-person singular present ligo, first-person singular preterite ligué, past participle ligado)
- to flirt
- Synonym: pinchar
- (transitive) to link, join
- (transitive) to tie
- (intransitive, colloquial) to pull; to score (kiss or have sex)
- (transitive, Argentina) to obtain; to get
Conjugation edit
infinitive | ligar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | ligando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | ligado | ligada | |||||
plural | ligados | ligadas | |||||
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 | ligo | ligastú ligásvos |
liga | ligamos | ligáis | ligan | |
imperfect | ligaba | ligabas | ligaba | ligábamos | ligabais | ligaban | |
preterite | ligué | ligaste | ligó | ligamos | ligasteis | ligaron | |
future | ligaré | ligarás | ligará | ligaremos | ligaréis | ligarán | |
conditional | ligaría | ligarías | ligaría | ligaríamos | ligaríais | ligarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | ligue | liguestú liguésvos2 |
ligue | liguemos | liguéis | liguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
ligara | ligaras | ligara | ligáramos | ligarais | ligaran | |
imperfect (se) |
ligase | ligases | ligase | ligásemos | ligaseis | ligasen | |
future1 | ligare | ligares | ligare | ligáremos | ligareis | ligaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | ligatú ligávos |
ligue | liguemos | ligad | liguen | ||
negative | no ligues | no ligue | no liguemos | no liguéis | no liguen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
- frase para ligar (“pickup line”)
- ligarse las trompas
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “ligar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014