liberar

Learned borrowing from Latin līberāre.

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberei, past participle liberado)

1. (transitive) to liberate, free

Borrowed from Latin līberāre. Doublet of livrar, which was inherited.

• Hyphenation: li‧be‧rar

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberei, past participle liberado)

1. to release (free, liberate)

   Synonyms: soltar, libertar

2. to allow; to legalise

   Synonym: legalizar

Borrowed from Latin līberāre. Doublet of librar, which was inherited. Cognate with English liberate.

• IPA^(key): /libeˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧be‧rar

liberar (first-person singular present libero, first-person singular preterite liberé, past participle liberado)

1. to liberate, to release, to free, to set free, to free up
2. to deliver, to rid (someone from/of something)

   Synonym: librar

3. to relieve (e.g., relieve pressure, tension, stress)

   Synonym: aliviar

4. (physiology, chemistry) to release
   • 2001, Nancy Touchette, Todo Y Más Sobre La Diabetes, Pearson Educación, →ISBN, page 215:

     Cuando su nivel de glucosa es demasiado bajo, su cuerpo libera hormonas que pueden causar que el hígado libere más glucosa.

     When your glucose level is too low, your body releases hormones that can make the liver release more glucose.

• “liberar”, 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