«free (not captive)» en siete lenguas
Significadofree (not captive)
Español
/ˈlibɾe/
cultismo
Semi-learned; also 'vacant': ¿Está libre este asiento?
Francés
/libʁ/
cultismo
Italiano
/ˈlibero/
cultismo
Portugués
/ˈlivɾi/
cultismo
Rumano
/ˈliber/
cultismo
Catalán
/ˈʎiwɾə/
patrimonial
After the unstressed e fell, the b before r became a u glide: LIBERUM → lliure.
Inglés
/fɹi/
inglés patrimonial · Old English frēo
El antepasado latino
LIBERUM‘free’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
'Free of charge' is a different word everywhere: gratis, gratuit, gratis/gratuito. Don't confuse LIBER 'free' with LIBER 'book' (originally 'inner bark'), source of libro, livre, libro.
Parientes en inglés: liberty, liberal, deliver
Apréndela
En una frase
- es¿Está libre este asiento?
- frCette place est libre ?
- itÈ libero questo posto?
- ptEste lugar está livre?
- roE liber locul ăsta?
- caEstà lliure aquest seient?
- enIs this seat free?
La familia latina
LĪBER-· free
LĪBERUM 'free' was so tied to law and the Church that in Spanish, French and Italian the adjective survives only in learned or semi-learned shapes (libre, libre, libero); Portuguese livre and Catalan lliure show more wear, and Romanian liber was taken from Latin. The verb LĪBERĀRE did run the popular course, turning into Spanish librar, Portuguese livrar, Catalan lliurar and French livrer 'to deliver' — the learned liberar, libérer is its doublet. Not to be confused with LIBRUM 'book' (short i, originally 'inner bark').
LĪBERUMfree
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LĪBERTĀTEMfreedom
eslibertadfrlibertéitlibertàptliberdaderolibertatecallibertatenliberty
LĪBERĀREto free; (legal) to hand over
eslibrarfrlivrerptlivrarcalliurarendeliver
LĪBERĀREto set free (learned)
esliberarfrlibéreritliberareptliberarroeliberaenliberate
LĪBERĀLEMbefitting a free man; generous
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