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ligar

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  1. (transitive) to link, join
  2. (transitive) to tie
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) to pull; to score (kiss or have sex)
  4. (intransitive) to flirt
  5. (Bolivia, Cuba, Paraguay, Rioplatense, transitive) to obtain; to get

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
li‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liˈɡaɾ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
ligō
In summary

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ligāre, 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").

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