ligue

m.

1 pick-up, casual sexual acquaintance.

2 bloke (m) / bird (f) (British), squeeze (United States).

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: ligar.

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ligue

► nombre masculino

1 familiar pick-up, date

■ su último ligue es poli her latest boyfriend's a cop

■ no busca una relación estable, prefiere los ligues de fin de semana he doesn't want a steady girlfriend, he prefers one-night stands

■ los sábados van de ligue on Saturday they go out looking for talent

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masculino (Esp, Méx fam)

a) (persona)

el nuevo ligue de Ana — Ana's new man (colloq)

b) (acción)

estar en el/ir de ligue — to be on/to go out on the make o (BrE) pull

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* ligue de una sola noche = one-night stand.

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masculino (Esp, Méx fam)

a) (persona)

el nuevo ligue de Ana — Ana's new man (colloq)

b) (acción)

estar en el/ir de ligue — to be on/to go out on the make o (BrE) pull

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* ligue de una sola noche = one-night stand.

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ligue

masculine

(Esp, Méx fam)

1

(persona): ¿conoces al nuevo ligue de Marta? have you met Marta's latest man o (AmE) Marta's new date? (colloq), have you met the guy Marta's seeing o (AmE) dating?

2

(acción): estar en el ligue to be on the pickup (colloq)

nos vamos de ligue we're going out looking for talent (colloq), we're going out on the pickup o (AmE) on the make o (BrE) on the pull (sl)

siempre está de ligue en los clubs de moda he spends all his time in trendy nightclubs trying to pick up o chat up women (colloq)

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Del verbo ligar: (conjugate ligar)

ligué es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

ligue es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
ligar    
ligue
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 ligueon 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 ligue they went out on the make o (BrE) pull (colloq);

ligue 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)
ligue sustantivo masculino (Esp, Méx fam)

a) (persona):

◊ el nuevo ligue de Ana Ana's new man (colloq)

b) (acción):

◊ ir de ligue to go out on the make o (BrE) pull

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
ligue m fam (hombre) boyfriend
(mujer) girlfriend
(pareja ocasional) pickup: vino con su último ligue, she came with her latest man
'ligue' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conquista
English:
date
- one-night
- pick-up

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ligue nm

Esp Fam

1. [acción]

salir de ligue to go out to score o Br on the pull;

domina el arte del ligue he's an expert at scoring with Br birds o US chicks

2. [novio] Br bloke, US squeeze;

[novia] Br bird, US squeeze;

vino a la fiesta con su último ligue she came to the party with her new man

3. [relación]

tiene un ligue con una compañera de trabajo he's having a fling with a woman from work

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ligue

m/f fam

persona pick-up fam ;

estar de ligue be on the pick-up fam, Br be on the pull fam

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ligue, etc. ligar