obrigar

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin obligāre, 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. (pronominal) to commit oneself

   Synonym: comprometer

• obriga
• obrigación
• obrigado

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “obrigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “obrig”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “obrigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “obrigar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “obrigar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “obrigar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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