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lega

to tie /leˈɡa/

verb#627 most common

Also: to bind, to link, connect

Example sentences

Eu leg șireturile.
I tie my shoelaces.
Ea leagă câinele de lesă.
She ties the dog to its leash.
Trebuie să legăm frânghia de copac.
We need to tie the rope to the tree.
Prietenia lor s-a legat încă din copilărie.
Their friendship formed back in childhood.
Autoritățile au legat cazul de o rețea internațională de trafic.
The authorities linked the case to an international trafficking network.
Deși păreau evenimente disparate, cronologia le lega într-un mod pe care nimeni nu-l anticipase.
Although they seemed like separate events, the timeline tied them together in a way nobody had anticipated.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgleglegaivoi lega
2sglegilegașivei lega
3sgleagălegăva lega
1pllegămlegarămvom lega
2pllegațilegarățiveți lega
3plleagălegarăvor lega

Word family

legăturătie, bond, connection
legattied; bound
dezlegato untie, to solve
legământvow, covenant

Etymology

Lega comes from Latin ligare, meaning to tie or bind. The verb passed into Romanian with its core meaning intact, alongside the same root's descendants in other Romance languages. Latin dictionaries treat ligare's deeper origin as uncertain, so no further root is claimed.

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