Meaning
- (transitive) to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
- (transitive) to connect; to associate (to consider multiples things related)
- (transitive) to turn on (to make a device start operating)
- to call; to dial (to attempt to talk to someone with a telephone)
- (intransitive) to turn on (to start operating, said of a device)
- (Brazil, informal, intransitive) to care (about); to mind (to have concern or interest in)
- (Brazil, informal, reflexive) to become aware; to realize or perceive something
- (transitive) to alloy (to make an alloy from)
- (transitive) to tie (tie a ligature around a vessel)
Concepts
tie on
stick to the pan
Opposite of
desconectar, separar, desacoplar, desassociar, desligar
Synonyms
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liËÉĄa(Ê)/
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ligÄre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyÇ”- (âto bindâ). Compare the form liar, which may have (Old) French influence, as well as the inherited Old Portuguese form legar.
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