litigar

From lito (“bed”) +‎ -igar.

• IPA^(key): /litiˈɡar/

litigar (present tense litigas, past tense litigis, future tense litigos, imperative litigez, conditional litigus)

1. (transitive) to make into a bed

• enlitigar

Learned borrowing from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”).^[1] Doublet of lidar.

• Hyphenation: li‧ti‧gar

litigar (first-person singular present litigo, first-person singular preterite litiguei, past participle litigado)

1. (transitive, intransitive, law) to litigate, contest

   Synonym: pleitear

2. (transitive, figuratively) to contend, fight

• litígio

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

Borrowed from Latin litigāre. Doublet of lidiar, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /litiˈɡaɾ/ [li.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧ti‧gar

litigar (first-person singular present litigo, first-person singular preterite litigué, past participle litigado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to litigate
2. (intransitive) to argue, dispute, quarrel

• “litigar”, 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