English

Proper noun

La Liga

1. The highest division of professional football in Spain.

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Liga f ‎(genitive Liga, plural Ligen)

1. league (group or organization)

Czech

Noun

liga f

1. league (organization of sports teams)

Declension

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Maori ringa).

Noun

liga

1. hand

Hungarian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin liga.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun

liga ‎(plural ligák)

1. league

Declension

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Latin

Verb

ligā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of ligō

References

• LIGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• liga in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲɪˈɡɐ/

Noun

ligà f ‎(plural ligos) stress pattern 4

1. illness

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

liga f

1. league (a group or association of cooperating members)

Declension

Derived terms

• ligowy

Portuguese

Etymology

From ligar ‎(“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō ‎(“I bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‎(“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡa/, /ˈli.ɡɐ/

Noun

liga f (plural ligas)

1. alloy (metal combined of more elements)
2. league; group; association
3. league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
4. (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)
5. garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)

Synonyms

• (association): aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união
• (sports league): confederação
• (connection): conexão, ligação, ligamento
• (garter): jarreteira

Antonyms

• (connection): desconexão, desligamento

Hyponyms

• (alloy): aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão

Related terms

Verb

liga

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of ligar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of ligar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Spanish, Italian lega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐːɡa/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga

Noun

líga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ли́га)

1. league (politics, sports, general)

Declension

References

• “liga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlìːɡa/
• Tonal orthography: líga

Noun

líga f ‎(genitive líge, nominative plural líge)

1. league (organization of sports teams)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ligar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɡa/

Noun

liga f ‎(plural ligas)

1. (politics, general) league
2. band; suspender (UK), garter (US)
3. (metallurgy) alloy, mixture
4. mistletoe
5. elastic band

Synonyms

• (mistletoe): muérdago

Verb

liga

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ligar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ligar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ligar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

liga c

1. a league, a gang

Declension

Related terms

• gangsterliga