Obliga
Obliga is a present-tense form of several Romance-language verbs that express the idea of forcing or requiring someone to do something. In Spanish and Catalan, obliga is the third-person singular present indicative of obligar, meaning “he/she/it obliges” or, with a subject pronoun, “you (formal) oblige.” The form commonly occurs in legal, regulatory, and everyday contexts, especially in constructions such as la ley obliga a pagar impuestos (the law obliges you to pay taxes).
Origin and cognates: the verb derives from Latin obligare, formed from ob- (toward, against) and ligare (to
Usage notes: obliga is a finite verb form and not a standalone noun. The exact spelling and