librar
Galician
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese livrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō. Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed. Cognate with Portuguese livrar and Spanish librar.
Verb
librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)
- (transitive) to empty
- (archaic) to give birth; to help to give birth
- (takes a reflexive pronoun or intransitive, of cows) to expel the placenta
- (intransitive) to fit
- Synonym: caber
- Dálle que libra! (meme) ― Go on, [the car] fits!
- (transitive) to save, spare, free, acquit, exempt [with de ‘from’]
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get out
- Synonym: zafar
- (intransitive) to hurry, rush in finishing
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of lībrō.
Verb
librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to balance, equilibrate
- Synonyms: balancear, equilibrar
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to suspend, to hang
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to cause to oscillate
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to substantiate, base in
- Synonyms: fundamentar, basear
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
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References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “livrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “liura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “librar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “librar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “librar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “librar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French libraire, Latin librārius.
Noun
librar m (plural librari)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) librar | librarul | (niște) librari | librarii |
genitive/dative | (unui) librar | librarului | (unor) librari | librarilor |
vocative | librarule | librarilor |
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See also
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin līberāre. Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
Verb
librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite libré, past participle librado)
- (transitive) to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve
- to free, to exempt
- (transitive) to place, to put (hope, trust)
- (transitive) to issue (a check, a decree)
- to make (an appointment)
- (transitive) to wage, to engage (battle, war)
- 2022 February 25, Manuel G. Pascual, “La ciberguerra de Rusia contra Ucrania nunca ha acabado [Russia's cyberwar against Ukraine never ended]”, in El País[1]:
- En el entorno digital se libran batallas silenciosas, sin disparos ni muertos, pero capaces de dejar sin calefacción a miles de personas […]
- In the digital environment, silent wars are waged, without gunfire or deaths, but capable of leaving thousands without heat […]
- (intransitive) to give birth
- Synonym: parir
- (intransitive) to expel the placenta
- (intransitive) to be free; to get off
Conjugation
infinitive | librar | ||||||
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gerund | librando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | librado | librada | |||||
plural | librados | libradas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | libro | librastú librásvos |
libra | libramos | libráis | libran | |
imperfect | libraba | librabas | libraba | librábamos | librabais | libraban | |
preterite | libré | libraste | libró | libramos | librasteis | libraron | |
future | libraré | librarás | librará | libraremos | libraréis | librarán | |
conditional | libraría | librarías | libraría | libraríamos | libraríais | librarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | libre | librestú librésvos2 |
libre | libremos | libréis | libren | |
imperfect (ra) |
librara | libraras | librara | libráramos | librarais | libraran | |
imperfect (se) |
librase | librases | librase | librásemos | libraseis | librasen | |
future1 | librare | librares | librare | libráremos | librareis | libraren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | libratú librávos |
libre | libremos | librad | libren | ||
negative | no libres | no libre | no libremos | no libréis | no libren |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading
- “librar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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