libertar
Spanish, verb/libeɾˈtaɾ/
libertar is spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 97,136th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libertar is a Spanish verb meaning “to liberate, set free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner a alguien en libertad, en disposición de obrar según le acomode; sacar a alguien de la esclavitud y…”.
What does libertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to liberate, set free
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner a alguien en libertad, en disposición de obrar según le acomode; sacar a alguien de la esclavitud y sujeción. 2. Eximir de alguna obligación, sujeción o deuda. 3. Preservar.
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 libertar
- liberto first-person present singular
- liberté first-person preterite singular
- libertado participle past
- libertando gerund
- libertada feminine participle past
- libertados masculine participle past
- libertadas feminine participle past
- libertas indicative informal present
- libertás indicative informal present
- liberta indicative present singular
- libertamos first-person indicative plural
- libertáis indicative plural present
- libertan indicative plural present
- libertaba first-person imperfect indicative
- libertabas imperfect indicative second-person
- libertábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- libertabais imperfect indicative plural
- libertaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libertar?
- /libeɾˈtaɾ/
- [li.β̞eɾˈt̪aɾ]
- [liβ̞eɾˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to libertar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libertar in Spanish?
libertar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).