ligado

Galician

Participle

ligado (feminine ligada, masculine plural ligados, feminine plural ligadas)

1. past participle of ligar

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish figado (compare Spanish hígado), from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

Noun

ligado m

1. liver
   • 2019 May 22, Silvio & Eyal Ovadya, “Un evenimyento, una dicha/un proverbo”, in Şalom‎^[1]:

     Todos los ke vinieron pudieron komer ligado d’Andirne (Edirne Ciğeri) mizmo kasher, albondigas (koftes) i sarsicha (sucuk) kon salatas.

     All who came could eat Edirne liver even kosher, meatballs (koftas) and sausages (soudjouk) with salads.

Portuguese

Etymology

From ligar + -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.du/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.du/ [liˈɣa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.du/ [liˈɣa.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈɡa.du/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: li‧ga‧do

Adjective

ligado (feminine ligada, masculine plural ligados, feminine plural ligadas, not comparable)

1. connected, linked

   Synonym: conectado

   Antonyms: desligado, desconectado

   De acordo com o documento, o governador está ligado ao esquema de corrupção.

   According to the report, the governor is linked to the corruption scheme.

   A TV não está ligada na tomada.

   The TV is not plugged in (lit.: not linked in the socket).

2. turned on, activated

   Synonym: ativado

   Antonym: desligado

   O computador está ligado.

   The computer is turned on.

3. bandaged
4. (Brazil, slang) attentive, watchful

   Synonym: atento

   Antonyms: desatento, desligado

   Fique ligado na curva.

   Watch the curve. (lit.: Stay watchful on the curve.)

5. (Brazil, slang) aware

   Synonyms: ciente, a par

   Cê tá ligado que é perigoso andar por aqui de noite?

   Are you aware that it is dangerous to walk around here at night?

Derived terms

• tá ligado?
• tô ligado

Participle

ligado (feminine ligada, masculine plural ligados, feminine plural ligadas)

1. past participle of ligar

Further reading

• “ligado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ligado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɡado/ [liˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧do

Noun

ligado m (plural ligados)

1. (typography) ligature (character that combines letters)
2. (music) legato

Participle

ligado (feminine ligada, masculine plural ligados, feminine plural ligadas)

1. past participle of ligar

Further reading

• “ligado”, 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