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librar
librar
See also: librâr
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō. Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed.
Verb
librar (first-person singular present libro, first-person singular preterite libré, past participle librado)
- to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve
- to free, to exempt
- to place, to put (hope, trust)
- to issue (a check, a decree)
- to make (an appointment)
- to wage, to engage (battle, war)
- to give birth
- to expel the placenta
Conjugation
| infinitive | librar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | librando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | librado | librada | |||||
| plural | librados | libradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | libro | librastú librásvos |
libra | libramos | libráis | libran | |
| imperfect | libraba | librabas | libraba | librábamos | librabais | libraban | |
| preterite | libré | libraste | libró | libramos | librasteis | libraron | |
| future | libraré | librarás | librará | libraremos | libraréis | librarán | |
| conditional | libraría | librarías | libraría | libraríamos | libraríais | librarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | libre | librestú librésvos1 |
libre | libremos | libréis | libren | |
| imperfect (ra) |
librara | libraras | librara | libráramos | librarais | libraran | |
| imperfect (se) |
librase | librases | librase | librásemos | libraseis | librasen | |
| future | librare | librares | librare | libráremos | librareis | libraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | libratú librávos |
libre | libremos | librad | libren | ||
| negative | no libres | no libre | no libremos | no libréis | no libren | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive librar | |||||||
| dative | librarme | librarte, librarle | librarle, librarse | librarnos | libraros, librarles | librarles, librarse | |
| accusative | librarme | librarte, librarlo, librarla | librarlo, librarla, librarse | librarnos | libraros, librarlos, librarlas | librarlos, librarlas, librarse | |
| with gerund librando | |||||||
| dative | librándome | librándote, librándole | librándole, librándose | librándonos | librándoos, librándoles | librándoles, librándose | |
| accusative | librándome | librándote, librándolo, librándola | librándolo, librándola, librándose | librándonos | librándoos, librándolos, librándolas | librándolos, librándolas, librándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative libra | |||||||
| dative | librame | librate, librale | librale | libranos | libraos, librales | librales | |
| accusative | librame | librate, libralo, librala | libralo, librala | libranos | libraos, libralos, libralas | libralos, libralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative libre | |||||||
| dative | líbreme | líbrete, líbrele | líbrele, líbrese | líbrenos | líbreles | líbreles, líbrese | |
| accusative | líbreme | líbrete, líbrelo, líbrela | líbrelo, líbrela, líbrese | líbrenos | líbrelos, líbrelas | líbrelos, líbrelas, líbrese | |
| with first-person plural imperative libremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | librémosle | librémosle | librémonos | librémosles | librémosles | |
| accusative | not used | librémoslo, librémosla | librémoslo, librémosla | librémonos | librémoslos, librémoslas | librémoslos, librémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative librad | |||||||
| dative | libradme | libradle | libradle | libradnos | libraos, libradles | libradles | |
| accusative | libradme | libradlo, libradla | libradlo, libradla | libradnos | libraos, libradlos, libradlas | libradlos, libradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative libren | |||||||
| dative | líbrenme | líbrente, líbrenle | líbrenle, líbrense | líbrenos | líbrenles | líbrenles, líbrense | |
| accusative | líbrenme | líbrente, líbrenlo, líbrenla | líbrenlo, líbrenla, líbrense | líbrenos | líbrenlos, líbrenlas | líbrenlos, líbrenlas, líbrense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- librador