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libro

librar

  1. (transitive) to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve
  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)
  7. (intransitive) to give birth
  8. (intransitive) to expel the placenta
  9. (intransitive) to be free; to get off

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
li‧bro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlibɾo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro), an early borrowing from Latin librum (“book”). Cognate with French livre, Portuguese livro.

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