liga
Spanish, noun
liga is spelled L-I-G-A (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “league” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ligar. With an accent, ligá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ligar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tira, banda o cinta de tela, generalmente elástica, que se lleva para sujetar los calcetines o las medias al…”.
What does liga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleague
- 2
feminineband; suspender (UK), garter (US)
- 3
femininealloy, mixture
- 4
feminineelastic band
- 5
femininemistletoe
- 6
Mexicofemininehair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble
- 7
feminineshoelace
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of ligar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tira, banda o cinta de tela, generalmente elástica, que se lleva para sujetar los calcetines o las medias al muslo o a la pantorrilla. 2. Tira o cinta de tela o tejido con que se rodea el cuerpo con fines terapéuticos (como ligar un miembro o una herida) o estéticos (como delinear la silueta). 3. Acción o efecto de unir o mezclar. 4. Acción o efecto de ligar, en el sentido de alear metales mediante la fusión.
noun: 1. Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y ramas de los árboles. 2. Mezcla o masa que se emplea para cazar aves y se prepara con jugo o zumo de muérdago.
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 liga
- ligas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to liga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liga in Spanish?
liga appears 49 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).