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

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
    Synonym: coquetear

Conjugation of ligar (g-gu alternation)

| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / 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 | ligades, ligais | ligam | | Imperfect | ligava | ligavas | ligava | ligávamos | ligávades, ligáveis, _ligávais_1 | ligavam | | Preterite | liguei | ligaste, _ligache_1 | ligou | ligamos | ligastes | ligárom, ligaram | | Pluperfect | ligara | ligaras | ligara | ligáramos | ligárades, ligáreis, _ligárais_1 | ligaram | | Future | ligarei | ligarás | ligará | ligaremos | ligaredes, ligareis | ligarám, ligarão | | Conditional | ligaria | ligarias | ligaria | ligaríamos | ligaríades, ligaríeis, ligaríais1 | ligariam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | ligue | ligues | ligue | liguemos | liguedes, ligueis | liguem | | Imperfect | ligasse | ligasses | ligasse | ligássemos | ligássedes, ligásseis | ligassem | | Future | ligar | ligares | ligar | ligarmos | ligardes | ligarem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | liga | ligue | liguemos | ligade, ligai | liguem | | Negative (nom) | nom ligues | nom ligue | nom liguemos | nom liguedes, nom ligueis | nom liguem | |

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

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.

ligar

  1. to tie up; to bind

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.

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.

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").

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, Cuba, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) to obtain; to get
    Synonyms: obtener, conseguir, coger

Selected combined forms of ligar (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 ligar | dative | ligarme | ligarte | ligarle, ligarse | ligarnos | ligaros | ligarles, ligarse | | accusative | ligarme | ligarte | ligarlo, ligarla, ligarse | ligarnos | ligaros | ligarlos, ligarlas, ligarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund ligando | dative | ligándome | ligándote | ligándole, ligándose | ligándonos | ligándoos | ligándoles, ligándose | | accusative | ligándome | ligándote | ligándolo, ligándola, ligándose | ligándonos | ligándoos | ligándolos, ligándolas, ligándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative liga | dative | lígame | lígate | lígale | líganos | not used | lígales | | accusative | lígame | lígate | lígalo, lígala | líganos | not used | lígalos, lígalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ligá | dative | ligame | ligate | ligale | liganos | not used | ligales | | accusative | ligame | ligate | ligalo, ligala | liganos | not used | ligalos, ligalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative ligue | dative | lígueme | not used | líguele, líguese | líguenos | not used | lígueles | | accusative | lígueme | not used | líguelo, líguela, líguese | líguenos | not used | líguelos, líguelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative liguemos | dative | not used | liguémoste | liguémosle | liguémonos | liguémoos | liguémosles | | accusative | not used | liguémoste | liguémoslo, liguémosla | liguémonos | liguémoos | liguémoslos, liguémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative ligad | dative | ligadme | not used | ligadle | ligadnos | ligaos | ligadles | | accusative | ligadme | not used | ligadlo, ligadla | ligadnos | ligaos | ligadlos, ligadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative liguen | dative | líguenme | not used | líguenle | líguennos | not used | líguenles, líguense | | accusative | líguenme | not used | líguenlo, líguenla | líguennos | not used | líguenlos, líguenlas, líguense | |

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “ligar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos