litigate

English

Etymology

From Latin lītigāre; which, in its turn, stems from lītem (“a quarrel”) + agō (“do, practice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
- 1988, “Don't Worry, Be Happy”, in Bobby McFerrin (lyrics), Simple Pleasures, performed by Bobby McFerrin:
  Ain't got no place to lay your head / Somebody came and took your bed / Don't worry, be happy / The landlord say your rent is late / He may have to litigate
(transitive) To contest in law.
(transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.
you can't keep litigating this same point!

Derived terms

Translations

to go to law

Bulgarian: съдя се (sǎdja se)
Catalan: litigar (ca)
Dutch: procederen (nl), voor de rechter dagen
Finnish: käräjöidä (fi) (+ elative), käydä oikeutta (+ elative)
German: prozessieren (de)
Latin: lītigō
Maori: hāmene
Polish: procesować się impf, sądzić się impf
Portuguese: litigar (pt)
Russian: суди́ться (ru) (sudítʹsja)
Spanish: litigar (es)
Vietnamese: kiện tụng (vi), kiện cáo (vi)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /litiˈɡate/

Verb

litigate

adverbial present passive participle of litigar

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

litigate f pl

plural of litigata

Etymology 2

Verb

litigate

inflection of litigare:
1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

litigate f pl

feminine plural of litigato

Anagrams

aglietti

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liː.tiˈɡaː.te/, [lʲiːt̪ɪˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.tiˈɡa.te/, [lit̪iˈɡäːt̪e]

Participle

lītigāte

vocative masculine singular of lītigātus

Spanish

Verb

litigate

second-person singular voseo imperative of litigar combined with te