livrar

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

1. to deliver, to transport something to its destination

From Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō (“I acquit”).

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈβɾaɾ/

livrar

1. to acquit (to free from guilt)
   • 13th century, attributed to 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

• Portuguese: livrar

From Old Portuguese livrar, from Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō (“I acquit”). Doublet of liberar, which was borrowed.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.ˈvɾaɾ/
• Hyphenation: li‧vrar

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

1. (transitive with de) to save
2. (transitive with de) to free; to release
3. (transitive with de) to exempt
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to get rid of
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to escape

• (to free): libertar
• (to save): salvar
• (to get rid of): desembaraçar-se

• livramento

• livrador
• livração
• livre