lliura

Noun

1. (feminine) English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g
2. (feminine, historical) libra, Spanish pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g
3. (feminine, historical) pound, any of various other similar units of mass in other measurement systems
4. (feminine) British pound, a unit of British currency, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of sterling silver
5. (feminine, historical) pound, any of various other similar currencies notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of lliurar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of lliurar:

lliurar

1. (transitive) to deliver, to hand over
2. (transitive) to submit, to subject
3. (reflexive) to subject oneself [with a ‘to’], to indulge

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʎiw.ɾə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: lībra

In summary

Inherited from Latin lībra (“Roman pound”). Cognate with Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish libra.

Concepts

pound

💷

Libra

♎

pounds

pound sterling

quid

sterling

Scales

Balance

British pound

lb

British pound sterling

Synonyms

lliura esterlina

Translations

libra

livre

📖

Pfund

libra

pond

funt

libra esterlina

libre

lira sterlina

sterlina

💷

lira

libbra

💷

libra

♎

λίρα

λίβρα