litigate

English

Etymology

From Latin lītigāre, present active infinitive of lītigō; which, in its turn, stems from lītem (“a quarrel”) + agō (“do, practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Verb

litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

1. (intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
   • 1988, “Don't Worry, Be Happy”, in Bobby McFerrin (lyrics), Simple Pleasures, performed by Bobby McFerrin:

     Ain't got no place to lay your head / Somebody came and took your bed / Don't worry, be happy / The landlord say your rent is late / He may have to litigate

2. (transitive) To contest in law.
3. (transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

   you can't keep litigating this same point!

Derived terms

• litigable
• litigation

Translations

to go to law

• Bulgarian: съдя се (sǎdja se)
• Catalan: litigar (ca)
• Dutch: procederen (nl), voor de rechter dagen
• Finnish: käräjöidä (fi) (+ elative), käydä oikeutta (+ elative)
• German: prozessieren (de)
• Latin: lītigō
• Maori: hāmene
• Polish: procesować się impf, sądzić się impf
• Portuguese: litigar (pt)
• Russian: суди́ться (ru) (sudítʹsja)
• Spanish: litigar (es)
• Vietnamese: kiện tụng (vi), kiện cáo (vi)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /litiˈɡate/

Verb

litigate

1. adverbial present passive participle of litigar

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

litigate f pl

1. plural of litigata

Etymology 2

Verb

litigate

1. inflection of litigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

litigate f pl

1. feminine plural of litigato

Anagrams

• aglietti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liː.tiˈɡaː.te/, [lʲiːt̪ɪˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.tiˈɡa.te/, [lit̪iˈɡäːt̪e]

Participle

lītigāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lītigātus

Spanish

Verb

litigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of litigar combined with te