oblige

Significat (Anglès)

1. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
3. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.

Conceptes

obligar

imposar

compel·lir

coaccionar

Sinònims

compel

force

obligate

coerce

constrain

bind

make

impose

require

please

enforce

accommodate

press

gratify

impel

necessitate

drive

help

humor

relieve

mandate

support

thrust

assert

hold

inflict

make glad

motivate

obliged

play up

pledge

prescribe

press on

pressurise

presume

presuppose

put on

round up

run down

satisfy

serve

service

stipulate

subserve

suit

supply

take

tax

tie

be grateful

Traduccions

obliger

obligar

obbligare

zwingen

obrigar

imposer

forzar

υποχρεώνω

costringere

verplichten

dwingen

forcer

forzare

verpflichten

contraindre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əˈblaɪd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: obligen

In summary

From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligō, obligāre, from ob- + ligō. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.