liar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to bind, tie
- to wrap, wrap up
- to roll a cigarette
- (colloquial) to deceive, confuse
- (reflexive) to french, snog, make out
Etymology
Derived from Latin ligāre (tie) derived from Old French lier (bind).
Origin
Old French
lier
Gloss
bind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ligināre Latin
- ligāre Latin
- legare Italian
- lier French
- *leyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- desligar Portuguese
- liga Portuguese
- deslier Old French
- liage Old French
- lier Old French
- lligar Catalan, Valencian
- lega Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- legar Old Portuguese
- ligar Occitan
- leâ Friulian
- legar Old Spanish
- łigar Venetian
- ligur Dalmatian