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libre

Spanish, adjective

libre is spelled L-I-B-R-E (5 letters) and appears 178 times per million words in written Spanish, the 469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libre is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “free (not imprisoned or enslaved)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of librar. With an accent, libré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of librar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que puede obrar o decidir según su propia voluntad”.

What does libre mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinefree (not imprisoned or enslaved)

  2. 2

    femininemasculinefree (unconstrained)

    Libre crezca fecundo.

  3. 3

    femininemasculinefree (without obligations)

  4. 4

    femininemasculinefree (that can be unattached to another morpheme)

  5. 5

    femininemasculinefree (without; not containing)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as libré
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of librar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que puede obrar o decidir según su propia voluntad. 2. Que no está encerrado, ni cautivo, ni sometido a otro. 3. Que no está ocupado o siendo usado. 4. Que carece de restricciones y limitaciones.

noun: 1. En algunos deportes, lanzamiento que castiga una falta. 2. Futbolista que juega en la defensa con libertad para cambiar de sector. 3. Taxi. Mayormente se refiere al que no posee taxímetro y se cobra una tarifa negociada entre las partes.

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 libre

  • libres feminine masculine plural
  • libérrimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to libre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is libre in Spanish?

libre appears 178 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).

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