obrigar

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō, probably taken as a semi-learned term.

• IPA^(key): /oβɾiˈɣaɾ/

obrigar (first-person singular present obrigo, first-person singular preterite obriguei, past participle obrigado)

1. (transitive) to oblige, obligate

   Synonyms: constrinxir, forzar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit oneself

   Synonym: comprometer

• obriga
• obrigación
• obrigado

• “obrigar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “obrig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “obrigar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “obrigar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “obrigar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “obrigar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Galician-Portuguese obrigar, from Latin obligāre, probably taken as a semi-learned term.

obrigar (first-person singular present obrigo, first-person singular preterite obriguei, past participle obrigado)

1. to oblige; to force; to compel; to coerce (tell someone to do something against their wills, often by using threats of violence)

   Synonyms: forçar, coagir, compelir

2. (figuratively) to induce an action by leaving no other choices

   A situação nos obriga a abandonar este local.

   The situation leaves us with no choice but to abandon this place.

• obrigação
• ligar