liberar
Spanish, verb/libeˈɾaɾ/
liberar is spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,155th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liberar is a Spanish verb meaning “to liberate, to release, to free, to set free, to free up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar libre, poner en libertad”.
What does liberar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to liberate, to release, to free, to set free, to free up
- 2
to deliver, to rid (someone from/of something)
- 3
to relieve (e.g., relieve pressure, tension, stress)
- 4
to release
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar libre, poner en libertad. 2. Dejar libre de una obligación, eximir o dispensar a alguien de un deber. 3. Poner fin a una ocupación militar u otro yugo. 4. Soltar un gas, líquido o substancia al aire o al exterior de un cuerpo.
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 liberar
- libero first-person present singular
- liberé first-person preterite singular
- liberado participle past
- liberando gerund
- liberada feminine participle past
- liberados masculine participle past
- liberadas feminine participle past
- liberas indicative informal present
- liberás indicative informal present
- libera indicative present singular
- liberamos first-person indicative plural
- liberáis indicative plural present
- liberan indicative plural present
- liberaba first-person imperfect indicative
- liberabas imperfect indicative second-person
- liberábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- liberabais imperfect indicative plural
- liberaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liberar?
- /libeˈɾaɾ/
- [li.β̞eˈɾaɾ]
- [liβ̞eˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liberar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liberar in Spanish?
liberar appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).