ligação

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin ligatio, ligationem, derived from Latin ligare (“to bind”). Equivalent to ligar +‎ -ção. Compare Galician and Spanish ligazón, French liaison.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
• Hyphenation: li‧ga‧ção

ligação f (plural ligações)

1. link
2. connection
3. (Portugal, Internet) hyperlink, weblink

   Synonym: link

4. call (“telephone conversation”)

In Brazil, for the sense "hyperlink, weblink", these English terms or simply link is preferred.

• ligar