legar

See also: legär

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

legar

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

legar m

  1. plural indefinite of lege

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

Verb

legar

  1. to tie, bind

Conjugation
    Conjugation of legar
infinitive simple legar
compound infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund simple legando
compound gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle singular plural
masculine legado legada
feminine legados legadas
present participle legante legantes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mood eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee		 nos
nos outros
nos outras		 vos
vos outros
vos outras		 eles
elas
simple
tenses		 present lego legas lega legamos legades legam3, legan4
imperfect legava legavas legava legavamos legavades legavam3, legavan4
preterite leguei legaste3, legasche4 legou legamos legastes legarom3, legaron4
pluperfect legara legaras legara legaramos legarades legaram3, legaran4
future legarei legarás legará legaremos legaredes legarám3, legarán4
conditional legaría legarías legaría legariamos legariades legaríam3, legarían4
compound
tenses		 present perfect present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
present imperfect imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past anterior preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
pluperfect simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
future perfect future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee		 nos
nos outros
nos outras		 vos
vos outros
vos outras		 eles
elas
simple
tenses		 present legue legues legue leguemos leguedes leguem3, leguen4
preterite legasse legasses legasse legássemos legássedes legassem3, legassen4
future legar legares legar legarmos legardes legarem3, legaren4
compound
tenses		 present perfect present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
pluperfect preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
future perfect future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood — tu vossa mercee nos
nos outros
nos outras		 vos
vos outros
vos outras		 —
affirmative — lega legue leguemos legade —
negative — non legues non legue non leguemos non leguedes —
personal infinitive eu tu el~ele
ela
vossa mercee		 nos
nos outros
nos outras		 vos
vos outros
vos outras		 eles
elas
legar legares legar legarmos legardes legarem3, legaren4

1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well.

2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

3 Less common in Galicia

4 Less common in Portugal

    References
    • “legar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

    Old Irish

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲeɣar/

    Verb

    legar

    1. passive singular imperative of legaid

    Mutation
    Old Irish mutation
    RadicalLenitionNasalization
    legar
    also llegar after a proclitic    		 legar
    pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/    		 unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Old Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin ligāre.

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /leˈɡaɾ/

    Verb

    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]
    • enlegar
    • legador
    • legadura

    Descendants
    • Spanish: legar (regional, rare)

    References
    1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

    Polish

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡar/
    • Audio(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛɡar
    • Syllabification: le‧gar

    Noun

    legar m inan

    1. joist

    Declension
    Declension of legar
    singular plural
    nominative legar legary
    genitive legara legarów
    dative legarowi legarom
    accusative legar legary
    instrumental legarem legarami
    locative legarze legarach
    vocative legarze legary

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

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin legāre.

    Pronunciation
     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [leˈɡa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /leˈɡa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [leˈɡa(χ)]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈɡa(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɨˈɡaɾ/ [lɨˈɣaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [lɨˈɣa.ɾi]

    • Hyphenation: le‧gar

    Verb

    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

    Conjugation
        Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
    Singular Plural
    First-person
    (eu)    		 Second-person
    (tu)    		 Third-person
    (ele / ela / você)    		 First-person
    (nós)    		 Second-person
    (vós)    		 Third-person
    (eles / elas / vocês)
    Infinitive
    Impersonal legar
    Personal legar legares legar legarmos legardes legarem
    Gerund
    legando
    Past participle
    Masculine legado legados
    Feminine legada legadas
    Indicative
    Present lego legas lega legamos legais legam
    Imperfect legava legavas legava legávamos legáveis legavam
    Preterite leguei legaste legou legamos1, legámos2 legastes legaram
    Pluperfect legara legaras legara legáramos legáreis legaram
    Future legarei legarás legará legaremos legareis legarão
    Conditional legaria legarias legaria legaríamos legaríeis legariam
    Subjunctive
    Present legue legues legue leguemos legueis leguem
    Imperfect legasse legasses legasse legássemos legásseis legassem
    Future legar legares legar legarmos legardes legarem
    Imperative
    Affirmative lega legue leguemos legai leguem
    Negative (não) não legues não legue não leguemos não legueis não leguem

    1Brazilian Portuguese.
    2European Portuguese.

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Unknown.

    Noun

    legar n (plural legare)

    1. ruler (instrument)

    Declension
    Declension of legar
    singular plural
    indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
    nominative/accusative (un) legar legarul (niște) legare legarele
    genitive/dative (unui) legar legarului (unor) legare legarelor
    vocative legarule legarelor

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

    Spanish

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /leˈɡaɾ/ [leˈɣ̞aɾ]
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: le‧gar

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Latin lēgāre.

    Verb

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

    1. (transitive) to hand down

    Etymology 2

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

    Verb

    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

    Conjugation
        Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
    infinitive legar
    gerund legando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular legado legada
    plural legados legadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present lego legastú
    legásvos    		 lega legamos legáis legan
    imperfect legaba legabas legaba legábamos legabais legaban
    preterite legué legaste legó legamos legasteis legaron
    future legaré legarás legará legaremos legaréis legarán
    conditional legaría legarías legaría legaríamos legaríais legarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present legue leguestú
    leguésvos2    		 legue leguemos leguéis leguen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 legara legaras legara legáramos legarais legaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 legase legases legase legásemos legaseis legasen
    future1 legare legares legare legáremos legareis legaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative legatú
    legávos    		 legue leguemos legad leguen
    negative no legues no legue no leguemos no leguéis no leguen

    1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
    2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

        Selected combined forms of legar (g-gu alternation)

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive legar
    dative legarme legarte legarle, legarse legarnos legaros legarles, legarse
    accusative legarme legarte legarlo, legarla, legarse legarnos legaros legarlos, legarlas, legarse
    with gerund legando
    dative legándome legándote legándole, legándose legándonos legándoos legándoles, legándose
    accusative legándome legándote legándolo, legándola, legándose legándonos legándoos legándolos, legándolas, legándose
    with informal second-person singular tú imperative lega
    dative légame légate légale léganos not used légales
    accusative légame légate légalo, légala léganos not used légalos, légalas
    with informal second-person singular vos imperative legá
    dative legame legate legale leganos not used legales
    accusative legame legate legalo, legala leganos not used legalos, legalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative legue
    dative légueme not used léguele, léguese léguenos not used légueles
    accusative légueme not used léguelo, léguela, léguese léguenos not used léguelos, léguelas
    with first-person plural imperative leguemos
    dative not used leguémoste leguémosle leguémonos leguémoos leguémosles
    accusative not used leguémoste leguémoslo, leguémosla leguémonos leguémoos leguémoslos, leguémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative legad
    dative legadme not used legadle legadnos legaos legadles
    accusative legadme not used legadlo, legadla legadnos legaos legadlos, legadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative leguen
    dative léguenme not used léguenle léguennos not used léguenles, léguense
    accusative léguenme not used léguenlo, léguenla léguennos not used léguenlos, léguenlas, léguense

    References
    1. “N4NTDsX”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
    2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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