legar
Spanish, verb/leˈɡaɾ/
legar is spelled L-E-G-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hand down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Donar como herencia, a la hora de la retirada de una actividad, su fruto para que se continúe con ella”.
What does legar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hand down
verb
- 1
rareto join, bring together, unite
- 2
rareto tie or bind (especially in the context of tying sheep for shearing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donar como herencia, a la hora de la retirada de una actividad, su fruto para que se continúe con ella.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of legar
- lego first-person present singular
- legué first-person preterite singular
- legado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- legando gerund
- legada feminine participle past
- legados masculine participle past
- legadas feminine participle past
- legas indicative informal present
- legás indicative informal present
- lega indicative present singular
- legamos first-person indicative plural
- legáis indicative plural present
- legan indicative plural present
- legaba first-person imperfect indicative
- legabas imperfect indicative second-person
- legábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- legabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legar?
- /leˈɡaɾ/
- [leˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legar in Spanish?
legar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).