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Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin ligātūra.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: li‧ga‧du‧ra
Noun
ligadura f (plural ligaduras)
- (surgery) ligature (thread used to close a vessel or duct)
- (music) slur; ligature (the symbol indicating a legato passage)
Antonyms
Further reading
- “ligadura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “ligadura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “ligadura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ligadura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “ligadura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “ligadura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligō (“to tie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liɡaˈduɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: li‧ga‧du‧ra
Noun
ligadura f (plural ligaduras)
- ligature
- knot
- tying
- (music) slur
Derived terms
Further reading