líbero
Portuguese, noun
líbero is spelled L-Í-B-E-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Líbero is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “libero (a sweeper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, libero is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of liberar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zagueiro/defesa central de sobra de uma equipe”.
What does líbero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelibero (a sweeper)
- 2
masculinelibero (designated ball-control specialist)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of liberar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zagueiro/defesa central de sobra de uma equipe
noun: 1. prenome masculino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of líbero
- líberos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to líbero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is líbero in Portuguese?
líbero appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).