libar
Spanish, verb/liˈbaɾ/
libar is spelled L-I-B-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libar is a Spanish verb meaning “to swig or sip a beverage (usually implies an alcoholic beverage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Chupar suavemente el jugo de una cosa”.
What does libar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swig or sip a beverage (usually implies an alcoholic beverage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Chupar suavemente el jugo de una cosa. 2. Probar o degustar un licor. 3. Hacer la libación para el sacrificio. 4. Sacrificar, ofrendar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of libar
- libo first-person present singular
- libé first-person preterite singular
- libado participle past
- libando gerund
- libada feminine participle past
- libados masculine participle past
- libadas feminine participle past
- libas indicative informal present
- libás indicative informal present
- liba indicative present singular
- libamos first-person indicative plural
- libáis indicative plural present
- liban indicative plural present
- libaba first-person imperfect indicative
- libabas imperfect indicative second-person
- libábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- libabais imperfect indicative plural
- libaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libar?
- /liˈbaɾ/
- [liˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to libar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libar in Spanish?
libar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).