legar

See also: legär

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡar/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡar/,

Verb

legar

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

legar m

plural indefinite of lege

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

Verb

legar

to tie, bind

Conjugation

Conjugation of legar

infinitive		compound		infinitive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
infinitive		simple		legar
gerund		simple		legando
gerund		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
person		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
personal infinitive		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

passive singular imperative of legaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
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

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.
to make impotent for procreation through the use of a spell or hex

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: legar (regional, rare)

References

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

legar m inan

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin legāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈɡa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: le‧gar

Verb

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

(transitive) to bequeath, leave, will (make a bequest)
(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.

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

legar n (plural legare)

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/
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)

(transitive) to hand down

Related terms

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)

(transitive, rare) to join, bring together, unite
Synonyms: juntar, congregar, reunir
(transitive, rare, regional) to tie or bind (especially in the context of tying sheep for shearing)
Synonym: atar

Conjugation

Conjugation of legar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			legar
gerund			legando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legado		legada
		plural		legados		legadas
		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	legas^{^tú} legás^{^vos}	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	legues^{^tú} legués^{^vos²}	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		lega^{^tú} legá^{^vos}	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

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

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