livrar

livrar (present tense livras, past tense livris, future tense livros, imperative livrez, conditional livrus)

1. to deliver, to transport something to its destination

lìvrar f

1. (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìvr

Inherited from Latin līberāre (“to acquit”).

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈβɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

livrar

1. to acquit (to free from guilt)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

• livre

• Galician: librar
• Portuguese: livrar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese livrar, from Latin līberāre (“to acquit”). Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed.

• Hyphenation: li‧vrar

livrar (first-person singular present livro, first-person singular preterite livrei, past participle livrado)

1. (transitive with de) to save

   Synonym: salvar

2. (transitive with de) to free; to release

   Synonym: libertar

3. (transitive with de) to exempt
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to get rid of

   Synonym: desembaraçar-se

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to escape

• livramento

• livrador
• livração
• livre