ligamento

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāmentum.

• • Rhymes: -ento

• • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: li‧ga‧men‧to

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

1. ligament

• “ligamento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

ligamento (plural ligamentos)

1. ligament

ligāmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of ligāmentum

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāmentum.

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ẽtu, (Southern Brazil) -ẽto
• Hyphenation: li‧ga‧men‧to

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

1. (anatomy) ligament (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)

• liga
• ligar

• “ligamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ligamento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ligamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

• IPA^(key): /liɡaˈmento/ [li.ɣ̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧men‧to

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

1. ligament

• “ligamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish ligamento.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liɡaˈmento/ [lɪ.ɣɐˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧men‧to

ligamento (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. ligament

   Synonym: litid