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litigar.

to litigate, contest

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]Brazil/li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to litigate, contest

    ambitransitive
  2. to contend, fight

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *slíHtis Proto-Italic *slītis Old Latin stlīs Latin lis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igo Latin lītigārelbor. Portuguese litigar Learned borrowing from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”). Doublet of lidar.

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