librar

• alibrar
• livrar, alivrar (reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɾaɾ/ [liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: li‧brar

From Old Galician-Portuguese livrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin līberāre. Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed. Cognate with Portuguese livrar and Spanish librar.

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)

1. (transitive) to empty

   Synonyms: baleirar, desocupar

   Vamos librar este almacén ― Let's empty this warehouse

2. (archaic) to give birth; to help to give birth
3. (pronominal or intransitive, of cows) to expel the placenta
4. (intransitive) to fit

   Synonym: caber

   Dálle que libra! (meme) ― Go on, [the car] fits!

5. (transitive) to save, spare, free, acquit, exempt [with de ‘from’]
6. (pronominal) to get out

   Synonym: zafar

7. (intransitive) to hurry, rush in finishing

From Latin līberāre.

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)

1. (transitive, pronominal) to balance, equilibrate

   Synonyms: balancear, equilibrar

2. (transitive, pronominal) to suspend, to hang

   Synonyms: suspender, pairar

3. (transitive, pronominal) to cause to oscillate
4. (transitive, pronominal) to substantiate, base in

   Synonyms: fundamentar, basear

• librar a boria

• equilibrar

• Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “liura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “librar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “librar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “librar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “librar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from French libraire, Latin librārius.

librar m (plural librari)

1. bookseller

• librărie

• carte

Inherited from Latin līberāre. Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed.

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɾaɾ/ [liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧brar

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite libré, past participle librado)

1. (transitive) to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve

   Synonyms: salvar, rescatar

2. to free, to exempt
3. (transitive) to place, to put (hope, trust)
4. (transitive) to issue (a check, a decree)
5. to make (an appointment)
6. (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 […]

7. (intransitive) to give birth

   Synonym: parir

8. (intransitive) to expel the placenta
9. (intransitive) to be free; to get off

• “librar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024