ligadura

See also: łigadura

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der.

Latin ligō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Late Latin ligātūra

Portuguese ligadura

From Late Latin ligātūra.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.ɡaˈdu.ɾɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [li.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [li.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: li‧ga‧du‧ra

Noun

ligadura f (plural ligaduras)

1. (surgery) ligature (thread used to close a vessel or duct)
2. (music) slur; ligature (the symbol indicating a legato passage)

Antonyms

• desligadura

Further reading

• “ligadura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ligadura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “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, 2003–2026
• “ligadura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ligadura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligō (“to tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liɡaˈduɾa/ [li.ɣ̞aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧du‧ra

Noun

ligadura f (plural ligaduras)

1. ligature
2. knot
3. tying
4. (music) slur

Derived terms

• desligadura
• ligadura tubárica

Further reading

• “ligadura”, 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