lego

See also: Lego, LEGO, légo, legó, legò, leĝo, -lego, and -łego

English

Noun

lego (countable and uncountable, plural legos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Lego.

Anagrams

• loge, Ogle, Goel, gole, Oleg, goel, Loge, ogle

Bislama

Etymology

From English let go.

Verb

lego

1. (transitive) to let go of, release, drop
2. (transitive) to leave someone or something, abandon
3. (transitive) to leave a place

Finnish

Alternative forms

• leego, Lego, Leego

Etymology

From Danish LEGO.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle(ː)ɡo/, [ˈle̞(ː)ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification^(key): le‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): le‧go

Proper noun

lego

1. Lego, lego, Lego brick (type of plastic toy brick)

Declension

Inflection of lego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		lego	legot
genitive		legon	legojen
partitive		legoa	legoja
illative		legoon	legoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lego	legot
accusative	nom.	lego	legot
	gen.	legon
genitive		legon	legojen
partitive		legoa	legoja
inessive		legossa	legoissa
elative		legosta	legoista
illative		legoon	legoihin
adessive		legolla	legoilla
ablative		legolta	legoilta
allative		legolle	legoille
essive		legona	legoina
translative		legoksi	legoiksi
abessive		legotta	legoitta
instructive		—	legoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative legoni legoni accusative nom. legoni legoni gen. legoni genitive legoni legojeni partitive legoani legojani inessive legossani legoissani elative legostani legoistani illative legooni legoihini adessive legollani legoillani ablative legoltani legoiltani allative legolleni legoilleni essive legonani legoinani translative legokseni legoikseni abessive legottani legoittani instructive — — comitative — legoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative legosi legosi accusative nom. legosi legosi gen. legosi genitive legosi legojesi partitive legoasi legojasi inessive legossasi legoissasi elative legostasi legoistasi illative legoosi legoihisi adessive legollasi legoillasi ablative legoltasi legoiltasi allative legollesi legoillesi essive legonasi legoinasi translative legoksesi legoiksesi abessive legottasi legoittasi instructive — — comitative — legoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative legomme legomme accusative nom. legomme legomme gen. legomme genitive legomme legojemme partitive legoamme legojamme inessive legossamme legoissamme elative legostamme legoistamme illative legoomme legoihimme adessive legollamme legoillamme ablative legoltamme legoiltamme allative legollemme legoillemme essive legonamme legoinamme translative legoksemme legoiksemme abessive legottamme legoittamme instructive — — comitative — legoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative legonne legonne accusative nom. legonne legonne gen. legonne genitive legonne legojenne partitive legoanne legojanne inessive legossanne legoissanne elative legostanne legoistanne illative legoonne legoihinne adessive legollanne legoillanne ablative legoltanne legoiltanne allative legollenne legoillenne essive legonanne legoinanne translative legoksenne legoiksenne abessive legottanne legoittanne instructive — — comitative — legoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative legonsa legonsa accusative nom. legonsa legonsa gen. legonsa genitive legonsa legojensa partitive legoaan legoansa legojaan legojansa inessive legossaan legossansa legoissaan legoissansa elative legostaan legostansa legoistaan legoistansa illative legoonsa legoihinsa adessive legollaan legollansa legoillaan legoillansa ablative legoltaan legoltansa legoiltaan legoiltansa allative legolleen legollensa legoilleen legoillensa essive legonaan legonansa legoinaan legoinansa translative legokseen legoksensa legoikseen legoiksensa abessive legottaan legottansa legoittaan legoittansa instructive — — comitative — legoineen legoinensa

Derived terms

• leego (“tooth”) (slang)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto leĝo, French loi, Italian legge, Spanish ley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡo/

Noun

lego (plural legi)

1. law

Derived terms

• legala
• legifar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Hyphenation: lé‧go

• Audio:

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Verb

lego

1. first-person singular present indicative of legare

Noun

lego m (invariable)

1. Lego

Anagrams

• gelo, gelò, gole

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti

Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō

From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti, from the root *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak, to choose, to mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx.

For sense 6 (“to read”), compare typologically Russian разбира́ть (razbirátʹ), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) (< брать (bratʹ)), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (по́черк (póčerk)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡo]

Verb

legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation

2. to collect, gather, bring together, catch

   Synonyms: cōgō, contrahō, cōnferō, congerō, coniungō, concieō, cōnserō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, concitō, colligō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.683-685:

     “[...] Date volnera lymphīs / abluam, et, extrēmus sī quis super hālitus errat, / ōre legam.” [...]

     “Grant that I may wash her wounds with water, and, if any last breath wanders over her, I will gather it with my lips.”

3. to choose, select

   Synonyms: dēligō, ēligō, optō, adoptō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, dēstinō, sūmō, capiō, creō

4. to appoint

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1:

     […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.

     […] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war

5. to take out, pick out, extract, remove
6. to take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract

   Synonyms: āmoveō, removeō, adimō, dēmō, eximō, tollō, auferō, āvertō, abdūcō, excipiō, extrahō, ēvehō

8. to read

   Librōs lege. ― Read books.

   Lēgistīne hunc librum? ― Have you read this book?

   Graecum est; nōn legitur. ― It's Greek; it cannot be read.

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 7.77:

     Exigis, ut nostrōs dōnem tibi, Tucca, libellōs.
     Nōn faciam: nam vīs vēndere, nōn legere.

     You demand that I give our [⇒ my] little books to you, Tucca.
     I will not do [it]: for you want to sell [them], not to read [them].

9. (Medieval Latin) to teach, profess

   Synonyms: doceō, discō, īnstruō, ēducō, ērudiō, ēdoceō, magistrō, fingō

10. to be bound, fettered, detained

Conjugation

   Conjugation of legō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	legō		legis		legit		legimus		legitis		legunt
	imperfect	legēbam		legēbās		legēbat		legēbāmus		legēbātis		legēbant
	future	legam		legēs		leget		legēmus		legētis		legent
	perfect	lēgī		lēgistī		lēgit		lēgimus		lēgistis		lēgērunt, lēgēre
	pluperfect	lēgeram		lēgerās		lēgerat		lēgerāmus		lēgerātis		lēgerant
	future perfect	lēgerō		lēgeris		lēgerit		lēgerimus		lēgeritis		lēgerint
passive	present	legor		legeris, legere		legitur		legimur		legiminī		leguntur
	imperfect	legēbar		legēbāris, legēbāre		legēbātur		legēbāmur		legēbāminī		legēbantur
	future	legar		legēris, legēre		legētur		legēmur		legēminī		legentur
	perfect	lēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	legam		legās		legat		legāmus		legātis		legant
	imperfect	legerem		legerēs		legeret		legerēmus		legerētis		legerent
	perfect	lēgerim		lēgerīs		lēgerit		lēgerīmus		lēgerītis		lēgerint
	pluperfect	lēgissem		lēgissēs		lēgisset		lēgissēmus		lēgissētis		lēgissent
passive	present	legar		legāris, legāre		legātur		legāmur		legāminī		legantur
	imperfect	legerer		legerēris, legerēre		legerētur		legerēmur		legerēminī		legerentur
	perfect	lēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lege		—		—		legite		—
	future	—		legitō		legitō		—		legitōte		leguntō
passive	present	—		legere		—		—		legiminī		—
	future	—		legitor		legitor		—		—		leguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		legere			legī			legēns			—
future		lēctūrum esse			lēctum īrī			lēctūrus			legendus, legundus
perfect		lēgisse			lēctum esse			—			lēctus
future perfect		—			lēctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lēctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		legendī		legendō		legendum		legendō		lēctum		lēctū

Derived terms

• allegō
• colligō
• dēligō
• dīligō
• ēligō
• intellegō
• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctor
• lēctrīx
• legens
• legiō
• legulus
• legūmen
• lignum
• neglegō
• perlegō
• praelegō
• relegō
• sēligō
• spīcilegium
• sublegō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance
  • Aromanian: aleg
• Dalmatian:
  • laro
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: leghja
  • Italian: leggere
    • → Neapolitan: leggere
    • → Sicilian: lèggiri
  • Neapolitan: lejere (obsolete or N. Calabrian)
  • Sicilian: lèjiri (obsolete or S. Calabrian)
    • Sicilian: lègghiri (affricated, Hyblaean)
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: lèżer
  • Friulian: lei
  • Istriot: lezi
  • Ligurian: lêze
  • Lombard: lèzer, les, lecc, léger
  • Piedmontese: lese
  • Romagnol: lèz̦ar
  • Romansh: leger, liger, ler
  • Venetan: lèzar, lèzer, lèxer
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: llegir
  • Franco-Provençal: liére, leire
  • French: lire
  • Norman: liéthe (Jersey)
  • Occitan: legir

    Gascon: léger, leguir

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: leyer, lier, leir, liyer, leyir
  • Old Leonese: leer, lleer
    • Asturian: llier, ller,→ lleer (learned)
    • Leonese: lliere,→ lleere (learned)
    • Mirandese: lher
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: leer
    • Galician: ler
    • Portuguese: ler
  • Spanish: leer
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: lègere, lèghere, lèzere, leghere, lezere
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: lexoj
  • → Esperanto: legi
  • → Old Irish: légaid
    • Irish: léigh
    • Manx: lhaih
    • Scottish Gaelic: leugh
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *lleɣɨd
    • → Welsh: lleu
  • → Yiddish: לייענען (leyenen)
    • → Dutch: lajenen
    • → English: leyn
    • → Hungarian: lejnol

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs?

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs?

Proto-Italic *lēks

Latin lēx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin lēgō

From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡo]

Verb

lēgō (present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation

1. to dispatch, send as ambassador
2. to send on mission
3. to assign as a legatus
4. to delegate, entrust, assign, deputize

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, impertiō, discrībō, elēgō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, attribuō, appōnō, addīcō

5. to appoint by a last will or testament, leave or bequeath as a legacy

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lēgō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lēgō		lēgās		lēgat		lēgāmus		lēgātis		lēgant
	imperfect	lēgābam		lēgābās		lēgābat		lēgābāmus		lēgābātis		lēgābant
	future	lēgābō		lēgābis		lēgābit		lēgābimus		lēgābitis		lēgābunt
	perfect	lēgāvī		lēgāvistī		lēgāvit		lēgāvimus		lēgāvistis		lēgāvērunt, lēgāvēre
	pluperfect	lēgāveram		lēgāverās		lēgāverat		lēgāverāmus		lēgāverātis		lēgāverant
	future perfect	lēgāverō		lēgāveris		lēgāverit		lēgāverimus		lēgāveritis		lēgāverint
	sigmatic future1	lēgāssō		lēgāssis		lēgāssit		lēgāssimus		lēgāssitis		lēgāssint
passive	present	lēgor		lēgāris, lēgāre		lēgātur		lēgāmur		lēgāminī		lēgantur
	imperfect	lēgābar		lēgābāris, lēgābāre		lēgābātur		lēgābāmur		lēgābāminī		lēgābantur
	future	lēgābor		lēgāberis, lēgābere		lēgābitur		lēgābimur		lēgābiminī		lēgābuntur
	perfect	lēgātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lēgātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lēgātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lēgem		lēgēs		lēget		lēgēmus		lēgētis		lēgent
	imperfect	lēgārem		lēgārēs		lēgāret		lēgārēmus		lēgārētis		lēgārent
	perfect	lēgāverim		lēgāverīs		lēgāverit		lēgāverīmus		lēgāverītis		lēgāverint
	pluperfect	lēgāvissem		lēgāvissēs		lēgāvisset		lēgāvissēmus		lēgāvissētis		lēgāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	lēgāssim		lēgāssīs		lēgāssīt		lēgāssīmus		lēgāssītis		lēgāssint
passive	present	lēger		lēgēris, lēgēre		lēgētur		lēgēmur		lēgēminī		lēgentur
	imperfect	lēgārer		lēgārēris, lēgārēre		lēgārētur		lēgārēmur		lēgārēminī		lēgārentur
	perfect	lēgātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lēgātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		lēgā		—		—		lēgāte		—
	future	—		lēgātō		lēgātō		—		lēgātōte		lēgantō
passive	present	—		lēgāre		—		—		lēgāminī		—
	future	—		lēgātor		lēgātor		—		—		lēgantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lēgāre			lēgārī			lēgāns			—
future		lēgātūrum esse			lēgātum īrī			lēgātūrus			lēgandus
perfect		lēgāvisse			lēgātum esse			—			lēgātus
future perfect		—			lēgātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lēgātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lēgandī		lēgandō		lēgandum		lēgandō		lēgātum		lēgātū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• ablēgō
• allēgō
• collēga
• dēlēgō
• praelēgō
• relēgō

Related terms

• lēgālis
• lēgāliter
• lēgātīcius
• lēgātiō
• lēgātīvus
• lēgātor
• lēgātōrius
• lēgātus
• lēgifer
• lēgirupa
• lēgirupiō
• lēgisdoctor
• lēgislātiō
• lēgislātor
• lēgisperītus
• lēgitimē
• lēgitimus
• lēgumlātor
• lēx

Descendants

• Catalan: llegar
• English: legate
• Italian: legare
• → Portuguese: legar
• Spanish: legar
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: lighêr

Further reading

• “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lego in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “lego”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
    
  • to study Plato: Platonem legere et cognoscere
    
  • the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
    
  • to leave money to a person in one's will: pecuniam alicui legare
    
  • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
    
  • to elect to the senate: in senatum legere, eligere
    
  • to levy recruits to fill up the strength: supplementum cogere, scribere, legere
    
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • (ambiguous) this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • (ambiguous) the rules of speech, grammar: leges dicendi
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • (ambiguous) the constitution: instituta et leges
    
  • (ambiguous) to give the state a constitution: civitati leges, iudicia, iura describere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring a bill before the notice of the people: legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)
    
  • (ambiguous) to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
    
  • (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): pro lege dicere
    
  • (ambiguous) to formally propose a law to the people: legem rogare or rogare populum (cf. sect. XVI. 4, note Aulus Gellius...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to carry a law (said of the magistrate): legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) to ratify a law (used of the people): legem iubere
    
  • (ambiguous) to let a bill become law (of the people and senate): legem sancire
    
  • (ambiguous) Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
    
  • (ambiguous) to replace an old law by a new: legem abrogare (Att. 3. 23. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) to abolish a law: legem tollere (Leg. 2. 12. 31)
    
  • (ambiguous) to protest against a law (used of the veto, intercessio, of plebeian tribunes): legi intercedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
    
  • (ambiguous) to engrave a law upon a brazen tablet: legem in aes incīdere
    
  • (ambiguous) to declare a law valid: legem ratam esse iubere
    
  • (ambiguous) to transgress a law: a lege discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) the law says..: in lege scriptum est, or simply est
    
  • (ambiguous) the spirit of the law: sententia or voluntas legis
    
  • (ambiguous) to make laws (of a legislator): leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (not dare)
    
  • (ambiguous) a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)
    
  • (ambiguous) to swear obedience to a law: in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by a law: lege teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
    
  • (ambiguous) to upset the whole constitution: omnes leges confundere
    
  • (ambiguous) lawlessness; anarchy: leges nullae
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to law with a person: (ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be condemned under the Lex Plautia: lege Plautia damnari (Sall. Cat. 31. 4)
    

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

lego m (definite singular legoen, uncountable)

1. alternative letter-case form of LEGO

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lègo f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lègu

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lāicus, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎe.ɡo(u)/

Noun

lego m

1. layman
   • c. 1265, Fuero de Salamanca:

     Nengun lego que deſafiar clerigo, peche .ccc. ſoldoſ e afielo; la tercia parte al quereloſo e la tercia al biſpo e la tercia alos alcaldes.

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Descendants

• Asturian: llegu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
• Syllabification: le‧go

Noun

lego

1. vocative singular of lega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡu/ [ˈlɛ.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡu/ [ˈlɛ.ɣu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡu/

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: le‧go

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *laikaną

Old Norse leika

Old Danish lækæ

Danish leg

Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.

Proto-Germanic *gōdaz

Old Norse góðr

Old Danish goþær

Danish godt

blend

Danish Legoder.

English Legobor.

Portuguese lego

Borrowed from English Lego, from Danish Lego.

Alternative forms

• Lego

Noun

lego m (plural legos)

1. Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)
2. (genericized trademark) any similar brick toy
3. (figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lego

1. first-person singular present indicative of legar

Further reading

• “lego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡo/ [ˈle.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: le‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish lego, from Latin lāicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laico.

Adjective

lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)

1. ignorant, lay

Noun

lego m (plural legos, feminine lega, feminine plural legas)

1. layman

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Lego.

Noun

lego m (plural legos)

1. Lego
2. (by extension) Lego brick

   ¡Cómo quiero dejar de pisar tantos putos legos de mierda!

   I just want to stop stepping on so many fucking shitty Legos!

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lego

1. first-person singular present indicative of legar

Further reading

• “lego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡu/

Noun

lego n

1. Lego

   bygga (med) lego

   build/play with lego

   leka med lego

   play with lego

2. In compound words; an ablaut of lega (“hired; contracted”).

   ett legoavtal

   an outsourcing contract

   en legosoldat

   a mercenary

   (literally, “a hired soldier”)

Declension

Declension of lego

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lego	legos
	definite	legot	legots
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• legobit (“lego, piece of lego”)
• legokloss (“lego, lego brick”)

Anagrams

• geol., loge