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ligă
league (a group of sports teams or nations) /ˈli.gə/
noun#3350 most common
Also: alliance, division (in sports)
Example sentences
Echipa mea joacă în ligă.
My team plays in the league.
El este cel mai bun jucător din ligă.
He is the best player in the league.
Liga Campionilor începe în septembrie.
The Champions League starts in September.
Echipa a promovat în prima ligă.
The team was promoted to the first division.
Liga Națiunilor a fost înființată după Primul Război Mondial.
The League of Nations was founded after World War I.
Analiștii dezbat dacă reforma ligii va reduce inegalitățile financiare dintre cluburi.
Analysts debate whether the league's reform will reduce the financial inequalities between clubs.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ligă | ligi |
| Genitive | ligi | ligilor |
| Accusative | ligă | ligi |
| Vocative | ligo | ligilor |
Word family
ligistbelonging to a (sports) league; league member
aliatallyalianțăalliance
coligato form a coalition
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "ligă" from French "ligue" in the 19th century, part of a wave of French loanwords that modernized Romanian vocabulary. The French word traces back to Italian "lega" and ultimately to Latin "ligare", meaning to bind or tie. The sense moved from a formal political or military alliance to its modern use for sports competitions.
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