# librar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alibrar
* livrar, alivrar (reintegrationist)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

#### Verb

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)
* (transitive) to empty
    Synonyms: baleirar, desocupar
    Vamos librar este almacén ― Let's empty this warehouse
* (archaic) to give birth; to help to give birth
* (pronominal 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’]
* (pronominal) to get out
    Synonym: zafar
* (intransitive) to hurry, rush in finishing

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Latin līberāre.

#### Verb

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite librei, past participle librado)
* (transitive, pronominal) to balance, equilibrate
    Synonyms: balancear, equilibrar
* (transitive, pronominal) to suspend, to hang
    Synonyms: suspender, pairar
* (transitive, pronominal) to cause to oscillate
* (transitive, pronominal) to substantiate, base in
    Synonyms: fundamentar, basear

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Derived terms

* librar a boria

##### Related terms

* equilibrar

### 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: ILG
* 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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French libraire, Latin librārius.

### Noun

librar m (plural librari)
* bookseller

#### Related terms

* librărie

#### See also

* carte

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liˈbɾaɾ/ [liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: li‧brar

### Verb

librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite libré, past participle librado)
* (transitive) to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve
    Synonyms: salvar, rescatar
* 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: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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* Dios me libre
* librador
* libramiento
* libranza

#### Related terms

* libración
* libre

### 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