alforria

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, historical) manumission (act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves)
2. (feminine) release from oppression, emancipation

Verb

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

alforriar

1. to manumit
2. to free from oppression

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Concepts

manumission

Translations

manumissió

afranquiment

Befreiung

Emanzipation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aw.foˈʁi.ɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: حرية

In summary

From Arabic اَلْحُرِّيَّة (al-ḥurriyya, “the freedom”). Compare Spanish alhorría.