religar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old Galician-Portuguese re-

Portuguese re-

Portuguese ligar

Portuguese religar

From re- + ligar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.liˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.liˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.liˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.liˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.liˈɡa(ɾ)/ [he.liˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.liˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χe.liˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.liˈɡa(ɻ)/ [he.liˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.liˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.liˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.liˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.liˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.liˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧li‧gar

Verb

religar (first-person singular present religo, first-person singular preterite religuei, past participle religado)

1. to relink

Conjugation

    Conjugation of religar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	religar
Personal	religar	religares	religar	religarmos	religardes	religarem
Gerund
	religando
Past participle
Masculine	religado			religados
Feminine	religada			religadas
Indicative
Present	religo	religas	religa	religamos	religais	religam
Imperfect	religava	religavas	religava	religávamos	religáveis	religavam
Preterite	religuei	religaste	religou	religamos1, religámos2	religastes	religaram
Pluperfect	religara	religaras	religara	religáramos	religáreis	religaram
Future	religarei	religarás	religará	religaremos	religareis	religarão
Conditional	religaria	religarias	religaria	religaríamos	religaríeis	religariam
Subjunctive
Present	religue	religues	religue	religuemos	religueis	religuem
Imperfect	religasse	religasses	religasse	religássemos	religásseis	religassem
Future	religar	religares	religar	religarmos	religardes	religarem
Imperative
Affirmative		religa	religue	religuemos	religai	religuem
Negative (não)		não religues	não religue	não religuemos	não religueis	não religuem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der.

Latin ligō

Latin religārelbor.

Spanish religar

Learned borrowing from Latin religāre. By surface analysis, re- + ligar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reliˈɡaɾ/ [re.liˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧li‧gar

Verb

religar (first-person singular present religo, first-person singular preterite religué, past participle religado)

1. to relink
2. to bind, to solder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of religar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			religar
gerund			religando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		religado		religada
		plural		religados		religadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	religo	religastú religásvos	religa	religamos	religáis	religan
	imperfect	religaba	religabas	religaba	religábamos	religabais	religaban
	preterite	religué	religaste	religó	religamos	religasteis	religaron
	future	religaré	religarás	religará	religaremos	religaréis	religarán
	conditional	religaría	religarías	religaría	religaríamos	religaríais	religarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	religue	religuestú religuésvos2	religue	religuemos	religuéis	religuen
	imperfect (ra)	religara	religaras	religara	religáramos	religarais	religaran
	imperfect (se)	religase	religases	religase	religásemos	religaseis	religasen
	future1	religare	religares	religare	religáremos	religareis	religaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		religatú religávos	religue	religuemos	religad	religuen
	negative		no religues	no religue	no religuemos	no religuéis	no religuen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of religar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive religar	dative	religarme	religarte	religarle, religarse	religarnos	religaros	religarles, religarse
	accusative	religarme	religarte	religarlo, religarla, religarse	religarnos	religaros	religarlos, religarlas, religarse
with gerund religando	dative	religándome	religándote	religándole, religándose	religándonos	religándoos	religándoles, religándose
	accusative	religándome	religándote	religándolo, religándola, religándose	religándonos	religándoos	religándolos, religándolas, religándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative religa	dative	relígame	relígate	relígale	relíganos	not used	relígales
	accusative	relígame	relígate	relígalo, relígala	relíganos	not used	relígalos, relígalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative religá	dative	religame	religate	religale	religanos	not used	religales
	accusative	religame	religate	religalo, religala	religanos	not used	religalos, religalas
with formal second-person singular imperative religue	dative	relígueme	not used	relíguele, relíguese	relíguenos	not used	relígueles
	accusative	relígueme	not used	relíguelo, relíguela, relíguese	relíguenos	not used	relíguelos, relíguelas
with first-person plural imperative religuemos	dative	not used	religuémoste	religuémosle	religuémonos	religuémoos	religuémosles
	accusative	not used	religuémoste	religuémoslo, religuémosla	religuémonos	religuémoos	religuémoslos, religuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative religad	dative	religadme	not used	religadle	religadnos	religaos	religadles
	accusative	religadme	not used	religadlo, religadla	religadnos	religaos	religadlos, religadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative religuen	dative	relíguenme	not used	relíguenle	relíguennos	not used	relíguenles, relíguense
	accusative	relíguenme	not used	relíguenlo, relíguenla	relíguennos	not used	relíguenlos, relíguenlas, relíguense

Further reading

• “religar”, 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