liberar

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin līberāre.

Verb

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberei, past participle liberado)

  1. (transitive) to liberate, free

Conjugation

    Conjugation of liberar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal liberar
Personal liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberaren
Gerund
liberando
Past participle
Masculine liberado liberados
Feminine liberada liberadas
Indicative
Present libero liberas libera liberamos liberades liberan
Imperfect liberaba liberabas liberaba liberabamos liberabades liberaban
Preterite liberei liberaches liberou liberamos liberastes liberaron
Pluperfect liberara liberaras liberara liberaramos liberarades liberaran
Future liberarei liberarás liberará liberaremos liberaredes liberarán
Conditional liberaría liberarías liberaría liberariamos liberariades liberarían
Subjunctive
Present libere liberes libere liberemos liberedes liberen
Imperfect liberase liberases liberase liberásemos liberásedes liberasen
Future liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberaren
Imperative
Affirmative libera libere liberemos liberade liberen
Negative (non) non liberes non libere non liberemos non liberedes non liberen
    Reintegrated conjugation of liberar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal liberar
Personal liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberarem
Gerund
liberando
Past participle
Masculine liberado liberados
Feminine liberada liberadas
Indicative
Present libero liberas libera liberamos liberades, liberais liberam
Imperfect liberava liberavas liberava liberávamos liberávades, liberáveis, liberávais1 liberavam
Preterite liberei liberaste, liberache1 liberou liberamos liberastes liberárom, liberaram
Pluperfect liberara liberaras liberara liberáramos liberárades, liberáreis, liberárais1 liberaram
Future liberarei liberarás liberará liberaremos liberaredes, liberareis liberarám, liberarão
Conditional liberaria liberarias liberaria liberaríamos liberaríades, liberaríeis, liberaríais1 liberariam
Subjunctive
Present libere liberes libere liberemos liberedes, libereis liberem
Imperfect liberasse liberasses liberasse liberássemos liberássedes, liberásseis liberassem
Future liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberarem
Imperative
Affirmative libera libere liberemos liberade, liberai liberem
Negative (nom) nom liberes nom libere nom liberemos nom liberedes, nom libereis nom liberem

1Less recommended.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberāre. Doublet of livrar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.beˈɾa(ʁ)/ [li.beˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /li.beˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /li.beˈɾa(ʁ)/ [li.beˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /li.beˈɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /li.bɨˈɾaɾ/ [li.βɨˈɾaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /li.bɨˈɾa.ɾi/ [li.βɨˈɾa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: li‧be‧rar

Verb

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberei, past participle liberado)

  1. to release (free, liberate)
    Synonyms: soltar, libertar
  2. to allow; to legalise
    Synonym: legalizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of liberar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal liberar
Personal liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberarem
Gerund
liberando
Past participle
Masculine liberado liberados
Feminine liberada liberadas
Indicative
Present libero liberas libera liberamos liberais liberam
Imperfect liberava liberavas liberava liberávamos liberáveis liberavam
Preterite liberei liberaste liberou liberamos1, liberámos2 liberastes liberaram
Pluperfect liberara liberaras liberara liberáramos liberáreis liberaram
Future liberarei liberarás liberará liberaremos liberareis liberarão
Conditional liberaria liberarias liberaria liberaríamos liberaríeis liberariam
Subjunctive
Present libere liberes libere liberemos libereis liberem
Imperfect liberasse liberasses liberasse liberássemos liberásseis liberassem
Future liberar liberares liberar liberarmos liberardes liberarem
Imperative
Affirmative libera libere liberemos liberai liberem
Negative (não) não liberes não libere não liberemos não libereis não liberem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līberāre. Doublet of librar, which was inherited. Cognate with English liberate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /libeˈɾaɾ/ [li.β̞eˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: li‧be‧rar

Verb

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberé, past participle liberado)

  1. to liberate, to release, to free, to set free, to free up
  2. to deliver, to rid (someone from/of something)
    Synonym: librar
  3. to relieve (e.g., relieve pressure, tension, stress)
    Synonym: aliviar
  4. (physiology, chemistry) to release
    • 2001, Nancy Touchette, Todo Y Más Sobre La Diabetes, Pearson Educación, →ISBN, page 215:
      Cuando su nivel de glucosa es demasiado bajo, su cuerpo libera hormonas que pueden causar que el hígado libere más glucosa.
      When your glucose level is too low, your body releases hormones that can make the liver release more glucose.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of liberar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive liberar
gerund liberando
past participle masculine feminine
singular liberado liberada
plural liberados liberadas
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 libero liberastú
liberásvos 		libera liberamos liberáis liberan
imperfect liberaba liberabas liberaba liberábamos liberabais liberaban
preterite liberé liberaste liberó liberamos liberasteis liberaron
future liberaré liberarás liberará liberaremos liberaréis liberarán
conditional liberaría liberarías liberaría liberaríamos liberaríais liberarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present libere liberestú
liberésvos2 		libere liberemos liberéis liberen
imperfect
(ra) 		liberara liberaras liberara liberáramos liberarais liberaran
imperfect
(se) 		liberase liberases liberase liberásemos liberaseis liberasen
future1 liberare liberares liberare liberáremos liberareis liberaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative liberatú
liberávos 		libere liberemos liberad liberen
negative no liberes no libere no liberemos no liberéis no liberen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of liberar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive liberar dative liberarme liberarte liberarle, liberarse liberarnos liberaros liberarles, liberarse
accusative liberarme liberarte liberarlo, liberarla, liberarse liberarnos liberaros liberarlos, liberarlas, liberarse
with gerund liberando dative liberándome liberándote liberándole, liberándose liberándonos liberándoos liberándoles, liberándose
accusative liberándome liberándote liberándolo, liberándola, liberándose liberándonos liberándoos liberándolos, liberándolas, liberándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative libera dative libérame libérate libérale libéranos not used libérales
accusative libérame libérate libéralo, libérala libéranos not used libéralos, libéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative liberá dative liberame liberate liberale liberanos not used liberales
accusative liberame liberate liberalo, liberala liberanos not used liberalos, liberalas
with formal second-person singular imperative libere dative libéreme not used libérele, libérese libérenos not used libéreles
accusative libéreme not used libérelo, libérela, libérese libérenos not used libérelos, libérelas
with first-person plural imperative liberemos dative not used liberémoste liberémosle liberémonos liberémoos liberémosles
accusative not used liberémoste liberémoslo, liberémosla liberémonos liberémoos liberémoslos, liberémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative liberad dative liberadme not used liberadle liberadnos liberaos liberadles
accusative liberadme not used liberadlo, liberadla liberadnos liberaos liberadlos, liberadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative liberen dative libérenme not used libérenle libérennos not used libérenles, libérense
accusative libérenme not used libérenlo, libérenla libérennos not used libérenlos, libérenlas, libérense

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