libra
Spanish, noun
libra is spelled L-I-B-R-A (5 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of librar. With an accent, librá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of librar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Medida de peso del sistema imperial anglosajón, equivalente a 0.45359237 kilogramos”.
What does libra mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEnglish or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)
- 2
femininelibra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
- 3
feminineBritish pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)
- 4
femininepound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineLibra (someone with the Libra star sign)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of librar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medida de peso del sistema imperial anglosajón, equivalente a 0.45359237 kilogramos. 2. Antigua medida de peso, de montante variable, utilizada en las distintas regiones de España. 3. Unidad monetaria de Gibraltar. 4. Unidad monetaria de Santa Elena.
adjective: 1. Nacido bajo el signo zodiacal de Libra.
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 libra
- libras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to libra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libra in Spanish?
libra appears 7.9 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).