liga

f.

1 league (confederación, agrupación) (& sport).

2 garter (para medias) (elástico).

3 rubber band, elastic band.

4 alliance, merging.

5 birdlime.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: ligar.

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liga

► nombre femenino

1 (para media) garter

2 (asociación) league, alliance

3 DEPORTE league

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noun f.

league

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SF

1) (Pol, Dep) league

Liga de Campeones — Champions League

2) (=faja) suspender, garter (EEUU)

3) [para sujetar] elastic band

4) (=muérdago) mistletoe

5) (=sustancia viscosa) birdlime

6) CAm, Méx (=unión) binding

7) (Metal) alloy

8) And * (=amigo) bosom friend

9) * (=persona) pick-up **

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femenino

1) (asociación, agrupación) league; (Dep) league, conference (esp AmE)

2)

a) (Indum) garter

b) (AmL) (gomita) rubber o elastic band

3) (para cazar) birdlime

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= league.

Ex. This is a survey of 227 editors examining how newspapers were affected by the 1994 major league baseball strike.

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* encuentro de liga = league game.

* Liga †rabe = Arab league.

* liga de fútbol = football league.

* Liga de las Naciones = League of Nations, the.

* Liga de los Países †rabes = League of Arab States.

* liga de rugby = rugby league.

* partido de liga = league game.

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femenino

1) (asociación, agrupación) league; (Dep) league, conference (esp AmE)

2)

a) (Indum) garter

b) (AmL) (gomita) rubber o elastic band

3) (para cazar) birdlime

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= league.

Ex: This is a survey of 227 editors examining how newspapers were affected by the 1994 major league baseball strike.

* encuentro de liga = league game.

* Liga †rabe = Arab league.

* liga de fútbol = football league.

* Liga de las Naciones = League of Nations, the.

* Liga de los Países †rabes = League of Arab States.

* liga de rugby = rugby league.

* partido de liga = league game.

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liga

feminine

A

1 (asociación, agrupación) league

liga antialcohólica ≈ Temperance Society

la Liga Árabe the Arab League

2 (Dep) league, conference (esp AmE)

liga de fútbol football league

campeón de liga league champion

B

1 (Indum) garter

2 (AmL) (para sujetar) rubber band, elastic band (BrE)

C (para cazar) birdlime

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Del verbo ligar: (conjugate ligar)

liga es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
liga    
ligar
liga sustantivo femenino
1 (asociación) league;
(Dep) league, conference (esp AmE)
2

a) (Indum) garter

b) (AmL) (gomita) rubber o (BrE) elastic band

ligar (conjugate ligar) verbo transitivo

a) (unir) to bind;

◊ los ligaba una gran amistad they were bound together by a strong friendship

b) (atar):

◊ le ligaon las manos they tied his hands together;

un fajo de billetes ligados con una goma elástica a bundle of bills held together with a rubber band

c) ‹metales› to alloy;

‹salsa› to bind
verbo intransitivo (fam) (con el sexo opuesto):

◊ salieron a liga they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq);

liga con algn to make out with sb (AmE), to get off with sb (BrE)
ligarse verbo pronominal (fam) (conquistar) to make out with (AmE colloq), to get off with (colloq BrE)
liga sustantivo femenino
1 Dep Pol league
2 (prenda femenina) garter
ligar
I verbo transitivo
1 (unir) to join
figurado mis recuerdos me ligan a esta ciudad, my memories bind me to this town
2 (relacionar) to link
3 fam (coger) to get
II vi fam (seducir, cortejar) to make advances: estaba ligando con mi primo, she was making advances to my cousin

'liga' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ligarse
- liguera
- liguero
- savia
- encabezar
- ocupar
- subcampeón
English:
league
- round robin
- big
- elastic
- football
- garter
- major
- minor
- top

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liga nf

1. [confederación, agrupación] league

Comp

Pol la Liga Árabe the Arab League

2. [para medias] [elástico] garter;

[colgante] Br suspender, US garter

3. [goma elástica] rubber band, Br elastic band

4. [deportiva] league

Comp

la Liga de Campeones the Champions League; Esp la Liga Fantástica® = competition where players pick their own fantasy soccer teams, Br ≈ Fantasy Football League

5. [sustancia pegajosa] bird-lime

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liga

f

1 POL, DEP league;

la Liga de los Campeones the Champions League

2 de medias garter

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liga nf

1) asociación: league

2) gomita: rubber band

3) : garter

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liga n league