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librar

Pronunciation: /liˈbɾaɾ/

“librar” is a Galician word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to empty
  2. to give birth; to help to give birth
  3. to expel the placenta
  4. to fit
  5. to save, spare, free, acquit, exempt
  6. to get out
  7. to hurry, rush in finishing
  8. to balance, equilibrate
  9. to suspend, to hang
  10. to cause to oscillate
  11. to substantiate, base in

In Galician

  1. Baleirar un recipiente, un espazo.
  2. Quedar libre de algunha obriga.
  3. Desprenderse a placenta tralo parto.

Etymology

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.

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