ligar.
to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
Meaning & usage
to link; to connect; to join (to put things together so they work together)
O ferreiro ligou os ferros com um maçarico.
to connect; to associate (to consider multiples things related)
O detetive tentou ligar as evidências.
to turn on (to make a device start operating)
Liguem os motores e se preparem para a largada!
Alguém ligou a luz.
to call; to dial (to attempt to talk to someone with a telephone)
Tentei ligar para a minha mãe, mas ela não atendeu.
to turn on (to start operating, said of a device)
Computador não quer ligar.
to care (about); to mind (to have concern or interest in)
Antes eu não ligava para a política.
to become aware; to realize or perceive something
Só me liguei depois.
to alloy (to make an alloy from)
Para fazer bronze, deves ligar estanho com cobre.
to tie (tie a ligature around a vessel)
Where this word comes from
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.
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