librar

Alternative forms

• alibrar
• livrar, alivrar (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Latin līberāre.

References

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from French libraire, Latin librārius.

Noun

librar m (plural librari)

1. bookseller

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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:

     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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10