ligar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
2. (transitive) to connect; to associate (to consider multiples things related)
3. (transitive) to turn on (to make a device start operating)
4. to call; to dial (to attempt to talk to someone with a telephone)
5. (intransitive) to turn on (to start operating, said of a device)
6. (Brazil,informal,intransitive) to care (about); to mind (to have concern or interest in)
7. (Brazil,informal,reflexive) to become aware; to realize or perceive something
8. (transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)
9. (transitive) to tie (tie a ligature around a vessel)

Hyphenated as

li‧gar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liˈɡa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Ela acabou de me ligar .

She just called me.

O mínimo que você pode fazer é ligar para um dos três .

The least you can do is call one of the three.