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ligación

Spanish, noun/liɡaˈθjon/

ligación is spelled L-I-G-A-C-I-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “binding, joining, union” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de ligar o ligarse, en el sentido de unir, juntar, enlazar o conectar dos o más personas…”.

What does ligación mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebinding, joining, union

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de ligar o ligarse, en el sentido de unir, juntar, enlazar o conectar dos o más personas, animales o cosas con un vínculo firme o estrecho, que puede ser físico o moral.

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 ligación

  • ligaciones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ligación?

  • /liɡaˈθjon/
  • [li.ɣ̞aˈθjõn]
  • /liɡaˈsjon/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ligación

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ligación in Spanish?

ligación appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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