lego

(transitive) to let go of, release, drop

(transitive) to leave someone or something, abandon


lego

en-noun

lego (countable and uncountable, plural legos)


lego

Lego, lego, Lego brick (type of plastic toy brick)

lego (nominative singular)
legot (nominative plural)
lego (accusative nominative singular)
legot (accusative nominative plural)
legon (accusative genitive singular)
legot (accusative genitive plural)
legon (genitive singular)
legojen (genitive plural)
legoa (partitive singular)
legoja (partitive plural)
legossa (inessive singular)
legoissa (inessive plural)
legosta (elative singular)
legoista (elative plural)
legoon (illative singular)
legoihin (illative plural)
legolla (adessive singular)
legoilla (adessive plural)
legolta (ablative singular)
legoilta (ablative plural)
legolle (allative singular)
legoille (allative plural)
legona (essive singular)
legoina (essive plural)
legoksi (singular translative)
legoiksi (plural translative)
legotta (abessive singular)
legoitta (abessive plural)
legoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
legoni (nominative singular)
legoni (nominative plural)
legoni (accusative nominative singular)
legoni (accusative nominative plural)
legoni (accusative genitive singular)
legoni (accusative genitive plural)
legoni (genitive singular)
legojeni (genitive plural)
legoani (partitive singular)
legojani (partitive plural)
legossani (inessive singular)
legoissani (inessive plural)
legostani (elative singular)
legoistani (elative plural)
legooni (illative singular)
legoihini (illative plural)
legollani (adessive singular)
legoillani (adessive plural)
legoltani (ablative singular)
legoiltani (ablative plural)
legolleni (allative singular)
legoilleni (allative plural)
legonani (essive singular)
legoinani (essive plural)
legokseni (singular translative)
legoikseni (plural translative)
legottani (abessive singular)
legoittani (abessive plural)
legoineni (comitative plural)
legosi (nominative singular)
legosi (nominative plural)
legosi (accusative nominative singular)
legosi (accusative nominative plural)
legosi (accusative genitive singular)
legosi (accusative genitive plural)
legosi (genitive singular)
legojesi (genitive plural)
legoasi (partitive singular)
legojasi (partitive plural)
legossasi (inessive singular)
legoissasi (inessive plural)
legostasi (elative singular)
legoistasi (elative plural)
legoosi (illative singular)
legoihisi (illative plural)
legollasi (adessive singular)
legoillasi (adessive plural)
legoltasi (ablative singular)
legoiltasi (ablative plural)
legollesi (allative singular)
legoillesi (allative plural)
legonasi (essive singular)
legoinasi (essive plural)
legoksesi (singular translative)
legoiksesi (plural translative)
legottasi (abessive singular)
legoittasi (abessive plural)
legoinesi (comitative plural)
legomme (nominative singular)
legomme (nominative plural)
legomme (accusative nominative singular)
legomme (accusative nominative plural)
legomme (accusative genitive singular)
legomme (accusative genitive plural)
legomme (genitive singular)
legojemme (genitive plural)
legoamme (partitive singular)
legojamme (partitive plural)
legossamme (inessive singular)
legoissamme (inessive plural)
legostamme (elative singular)
legoistamme (elative plural)
legoomme (illative singular)
legoihimme (illative plural)
legollamme (adessive singular)
legoillamme (adessive plural)
legoltamme (ablative singular)
legoiltamme (ablative plural)
legollemme (allative singular)
legoillemme (allative plural)
legonamme (essive singular)
legoinamme (essive plural)
legoksemme (singular translative)
legoiksemme (plural translative)
legottamme (abessive singular)
legoittamme (abessive plural)
legoinemme (comitative plural)
legonne (nominative singular)
legonne (nominative plural)
legonne (accusative nominative singular)
legonne (accusative nominative plural)
legonne (accusative genitive singular)
legonne (accusative genitive plural)
legonne (genitive singular)
legojenne (genitive plural)
legoanne (partitive singular)
legojanne (partitive plural)
legossanne (inessive singular)
legoissanne (inessive plural)
legostanne (elative singular)
legoistanne (elative plural)
legoonne (illative singular)
legoihinne (illative plural)
legollanne (adessive singular)
legoillanne (adessive plural)
legoltanne (ablative singular)
legoiltanne (ablative plural)
legollenne (allative singular)
legoillenne (allative plural)
legonanne (essive singular)
legoinanne (essive plural)
legoksenne (singular translative)
legoiksenne (plural translative)
legottanne (abessive singular)
legoittanne (abessive plural)
legoinenne (comitative plural)
legonsa (nominative singular)
legonsa (nominative plural)
legonsa (accusative nominative singular)
legonsa (accusative nominative plural)
legonsa (accusative genitive singular)
legonsa (accusative genitive plural)
legonsa (genitive singular)
legojensa (genitive plural)
legoaan (partitive singular)
legoansa (partitive singular)
legojaan (partitive plural)
legojansa (partitive plural)
legossaan (inessive singular)
legossansa (inessive singular)
legoissaan (inessive plural)
legoissansa (inessive plural)
legostaan (elative singular)
legostansa (elative singular)
legoistaan (elative plural)
legoistansa (elative plural)
legoonsa (illative singular)
legoihinsa (illative plural)
legollaan (adessive singular)
legollansa (adessive singular)
legoillaan (adessive plural)
legoillansa (adessive plural)
legoltaan (ablative singular)
legoltansa (ablative singular)
legoiltaan (ablative plural)
legoiltansa (ablative plural)
legolleen (allative singular)
legollensa (allative singular)
legoilleen (allative plural)
legoillensa (allative plural)
legonaan (essive singular)
legonansa (essive singular)
legoinaan (essive plural)
legoinansa (essive plural)
legokseen (singular translative)
legoksensa (singular translative)
legoikseen (plural translative)
legoiksensa (plural translative)
legottaan (abessive singular)
legottansa (abessive singular)
legoittaan (abessive plural)
legoittansa (abessive plural)
legoineen (comitative plural)
legoinensa (comitative plural)


lego

Borrowed from Esperanto leĝo, French loi, Italian legge, Spanish ley.


lego

first-person singular present indicative of legare


lego

[…] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.

27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1

[…] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war

“… Date volnera lymphīs / abluam, et, extrēmus sī quis super hālitus errat, / ōre legam.” …

29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.683-685

“Grant that I may wash her wounds with water, and, if any last breath wanders over her, I will gather it with my lips.”

to collect, gather, bring together, catch

to take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract

Librōs lege.

Lēgistīne hunc librum?

Lingua Graeca est; nōn potest legī.

Exigis, ut nostrōs dōnem tibi, Tucca, libellōs.
Nōn faciam: nam vīs vēndere, nōn legere.
You demand that I give our [⇒ my] little books to you, Tucca.

86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 7.77

I will not do [it]: for you want to sell [them], not to read [them].

la-verb

legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation

legō (canonical)
legere (infinitive present)
lēgī (active perfect)
lēctum (supine)
legō (active first-person indicative present singular)
legis (active indicative present second-person singular)
legit (active indicative present singular third-person)
legimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
legitis (active indicative plural present second-person)
legunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
legēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
legēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
legēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
legēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
legēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
legēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
legam (active first-person future indicative singular)
legēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
leget (active future indicative singular third-person)
legēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
legētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
legent (active future indicative plural third-person)
lēgī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
lēgistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
lēgit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
lēgimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
lēgistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
lēgērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
lēgēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
lēgeram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
lēgerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
lēgerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
lēgerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
lēgerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
lēgerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
lēgerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
lēgeris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
lēgerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
lēgerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
lēgeritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
lēgerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
legor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
legeris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
legere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
legitur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
legimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
legiminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
leguntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
legēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
legēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
legēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
legēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
legēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
legēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
legēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
legar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
legēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
legēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
legētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
legēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
legēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
legentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
legam (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
legās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
legat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
legāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
legātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
legant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
legerem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
legerēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
legeret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
legerēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
legerētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
legerent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
lēgerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
lēgerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
lēgissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
lēgissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
legar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
legāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
legāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
legātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
legāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
legāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
legantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
legerer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
legerēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
legerēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
legerētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
legerēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
legerēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
legerentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
lege (active imperative present second-person singular)
legite (active imperative plural present second-person)
legitō (active future imperative second-person singular)
legitō (active future imperative singular third-person)
legitōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
leguntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
legere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
legiminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
legitor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
legitor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
leguntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
legere (active infinitive present)
lēgisse (active infinitive perfect)
lēctūrum esse (active future infinitive)
legī (infinitive passive present)
lēctum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
lēctum īrī (future infinitive passive)
legēns (active participle present)
lēctūrus (active future participle)
lēctus (participle passive perfect)
legendus (future participle passive)
legundus (future participle passive)
legendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
legendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
legendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
legendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
lēctum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
lēctū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

Balkan Romance

Aromanian: aleg

Dalmatian:

laro

Italo-Romance:

Corsican: leghja

Italian: leggere

→ Neapolitan: leggere

→ Sicilian: lèggiri

Neapolitan: lejere (obsolete or N. Calabrian)

Sicilian: lèjiri (obsolete or S. Calabrian)

Sicilian: lègghiri (affricated, Hyblaean)

Padanian:

Friulian: lei

Istriot: lezi

Ligurian: lêze

Lombard: lèzer, les, lecc, léger

Piedmontese: lese

Romansch: leger, liger, ler

Venetian: lèzar, lèzer, lèxer

Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: llegir

Franco-Provençal: liére, leire

French: lire

Norman: liéthe (Jersey)

Occitan: legir

Gascon: léger, leguir

Ibero-Romance:

desc

Aragonese: leyer, lier, leir, liyer, leyir

Asturian: lleer

desctree

Old Galician-Portuguese: leer
Galician: ler
Portuguese: ler

Spanish: leer

Insular Romance:

desc

Sardinian: lègere, lèghere, lèzere, leghere, lezere

Borrowings:

→ Albanian: lexoj

→ Esperanto: legi

→ German: lesen

desctree

→ Old Irish: légaid
Irish: léigh
Manx: lhaih
Scottish Gaelic: leugh

→ Welsh: lleu, darllen

→ Yiddish: לייענען (leyenen)
→ Dutch: lajenen
→ English: leyn
→ Hungarian: lejnol

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
Proto-Italic *legōder.
Latin lego
From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “I speak, I choose, I mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx.


lego

to appoint by a last will or testament, leave or bequeath as a legacy

la-verb

lēgō (present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation

lēgō (canonical)
lēgāre (infinitive present)
lēgāvī (active perfect)
lēgātum (supine)
lēgō (active first-person indicative present singular)
lēgās (active indicative present second-person singular)
lēgat (active indicative present singular third-person)
lēgāmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
lēgātis (active indicative plural present second-person)
lēgant (active indicative plural present third-person)
lēgābam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lēgābās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
lēgābat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lēgābāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lēgābātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lēgābant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lēgābō (active first-person future indicative singular)
lēgābis (active future indicative second-person singular)
lēgābit (active future indicative singular third-person)
lēgābimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
lēgābitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
lēgābunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
lēgāvī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
lēgāvistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
lēgāvit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
lēgāvimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
lēgāvistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
lēgāvērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
lēgāvēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
lēgāveram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
lēgāverās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
lēgāverat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
lēgāverāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
lēgāverātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
lēgāverant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
lēgāverō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
lēgāveris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
lēgāverit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
lēgāverimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
lēgāveritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
lēgāverint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
lēgāssō (active first-person future sigmatic singular)
lēgāssis (active future second-person sigmatic singular)
lēgāssit (active future sigmatic singular third-person)
lēgāssimus (active first-person future plural sigmatic)
lēgāssitis (active future plural second-person sigmatic)
lēgāssint (active future plural sigmatic third-person)
lēgor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
lēgāris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
lēgāre (indicative passive present second-person singular)
lēgātur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
lēgāmur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
lēgāminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
lēgantur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
lēgābar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
lēgābāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
lēgābāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
lēgābātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
lēgābāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
lēgābāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
lēgābantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
lēgābor (first-person future indicative passive singular)
lēgāberis (future indicative passive second-person singular)
lēgābere (future indicative passive second-person singular)
lēgābitur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
lēgābimur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
lēgābiminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
lēgābuntur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
lēgem (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
lēgēs (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
lēget (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgēmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
lēgētis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
lēgent (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
lēgārem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
lēgārēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgāret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgārēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
lēgārētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgārent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgāverim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
lēgāverīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgāverit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgāverīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
lēgāverītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgāverint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgāvissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
lēgāvissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgāvisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgāvissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
lēgāvissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgāvissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgāssim (active aorist first-person sigmatic singular)
lēgāssīs (active aorist second-person sigmatic singular)
lēgāssīt (active aorist sigmatic singular third-person)
lēgāssīmus (active aorist first-person plural sigmatic)
lēgāssītis (active aorist plural second-person sigmatic)
lēgāssint (active aorist plural sigmatic third-person)
lēger (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
lēgēris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgēre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgētur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgēmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
lēgēminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
lēgentur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
lēgārer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
lēgārēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgārēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
lēgārētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
lēgārēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
lēgārēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
lēgārentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
lēgā (active imperative present second-person singular)
lēgāte (active imperative plural present second-person)
lēgātō (active future imperative second-person singular)
lēgātō (active future imperative singular third-person)
lēgātōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
lēgantō (active future imperative plural third-person)
lēgāre (imperative passive present second-person singular)
lēgāminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
lēgātor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
lēgātor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
lēgantor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
lēgāre (active infinitive present)
lēgāvisse (active infinitive perfect)
lēgātūrum esse (active future infinitive)
lēgārī (infinitive passive present)
lēgātum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
lēgātum īrī (future infinitive passive)
lēgāns (active participle present)
lēgātūrus (active future participle)
lēgātus (participle passive perfect)
lēgandus (future participle passive)
lēgandī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
lēgandō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
lēgandum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
lēgandō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
lēgātum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
lēgātū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

Catalan: llegar

→ Portuguese: legar

Spanish: legar

Gallo-Italic:

Romagnol: lighêr

Etymology tree
Latin lēx
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin lego
From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”) + -ō.


lego

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lègu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lego

Nengun lego que deſafiar clerigo, peche .ccc. ſoldoſ e afielo; la tercia parte al quereloſo e la tercia al biſpo e la tercia alos alcaldes.

Inherited from Latin lāicus, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).


lego

Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)

(trademark generalisation) any similar brick toy

(figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing


lego

first-person singular present indicative of legar


lego

es-adj

lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)

lega (feminine)
legos (masculine plural)
legas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish lego, from Latin lāicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laico.


lego

es-noun

lego m (plural legos, feminine lega, feminine plural legas)

legos (plural)
lega (feminine)
legas (feminine plural)


lego

bygga (med) lego

leka med lego

ett legoavtal

en legosoldat

In compound words; an ablaut of lega (“hired; contracted”).

lego (indefinite nominative uncountable)
legot (definite nominative uncountable)
legos (genitive indefinite uncountable)
legots (definite genitive uncountable)