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Libero
libero
libero
English
Noun
libero (plural liberos)
- (soccer) A sweeper.
- (volleyball) A designated back-row player intended to be used as a ball-control specialist.
Usage notes
- (volleyball): in volleyball rules and other official documents, Libero is always capitalised. In common usage it follows normal capitalisation rules and conventions.
Translations
football player
volleyball player
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪbɛrɔ/
Noun
libero n
- (soccer) libero, sweeper
- (volleyball) libero (designated back-row player specialized in defensive skills)
Declension
Declension of libero
Italian
Etymology
From Latin līber, līberum, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlibero/
Adjective
libero m (feminine singular libera, masculine plural liberi, feminine plural libere)
- free (not imprisoned or enslaved)
- Un uomo libero.
- A free man.
- Un uomo libero.
- clear, unobstructed (without blockages)
- Il passaggio era libero.
- The passage was clear.
- Il passaggio era libero.
- free (without obligations)
- Tempo libero.
- Free time./Leisure time.
- Tempo libero.
- free (that does not have to be paid for)
- Ingresso libero.
- Free admission.
- Ingresso libero.
- free (as in "free software")
- Software libero.
- Free software.
- Software libero.
Related terms
Verb
libero
Noun
libero m (plural liberi)
Latin
Etymology
From līber (“free”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.be.roː/
Verb
līberō (present infinitive līberāre, perfect active līberāvī, supine līberātum); first conjugation
- I free, liberate
- Camillus Romam ex obsidione Gallorum liberavit.
- Camillus liberated Rome from the siege of the Gauls.
- Camillus Romam ex obsidione Gallorum liberavit.
- I release, deliver
- I absolve, acquit