ligar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
2. (transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)
3. (intransitive) to acquire an elastic and homogeneous consistency
4. (informal, intransitive) to flirt

Pronounced as (IPA)

[liˈɣaɾ]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: ligāre

In summary

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