litigar
Portuguese, verb/li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
litigar is spelled L-I-T-I-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Litigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to litigate, contest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contestar, ir contra”.
What does litigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to litigate, contest
- 2
to contend, fight
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. contestar, ir contra
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of litigar
- litigo first-person present singular
- litiguei first-person preterite singular
- litigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- litigares infinitive second-person singular
- litigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- litigardes infinitive plural second-person
- litigarem infinitive plural third-person
- litigando gerund
- litigados masculine participle past
- litigada feminine participle past
- litigadas feminine participle past
- litigas indicative present second-person
- litiga indicative present singular
- litigamos first-person indicative plural
- litigais indicative plural present
- litigam indicative plural present
- litigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce litigar?
- Brazil /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
- /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to litigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is litigar in Portuguese?
litigar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).