legar

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡar/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡar/, [ˈlɛːɡär]

legar

1. inflection of legō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

legar m

1. plural indefinite of lege

Inherited from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

legar

1. to tie, bind

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “legar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲeɣar/

legar

1. passive singular imperative of legaid

From Latin ligāre.

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾ/

legar

1. to tie, bind (e.g. with rope)
   • c. 1260, Gonzalo de Berceo, Milagros de Nuestra Señora:

     legáronli las manos con un fuerte dogal.

     They tied his hands together with a strong noose.

2. to make impotent for procreation through the use of a spell or hex^[1]

• Spanish: legar (regional, rare)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡar/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡar
• Syllabification: le‧gar

legar m inan

1. joist

• legar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• legar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin legāre.

• Hyphenation: le‧gar

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite leguei, past participle legado)

1. (transitive) to bequeath, leave, will (make a bequest)
2. (transitive) to legate

• “legar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “legar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “legar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “legar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “legar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “legar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Unknown.

legar n (plural legare)

1. ruler (instrument)

• legar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾ/ [leˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧gar

Borrowed from Latin lēgāre.

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite legué, past participle legado)

1. (transitive) to hand down

Inherited from Old Spanish legar, inherited from Latin ligāre. Compare the doublets ligar and liar.

legar (first-person singular present lego, first-person singular preterite legué, past participle legado)

1. (transitive, rare) to join, bring together, unite^[1]

   Synonyms: juntar, congregar, reunir

2. (transitive, rare, regional) to tie or bind (especially in the context of tying sheep for shearing^[2])

   Synonym: atar

• “legar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28