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libra

Portuguese, noun

libra is spelled L-I-B-R-A (5 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “English or American pound, a unit of mass equal to 454 g” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Libra is a different word: “Libra (astrological sign)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade monetária do Reino Unido (e de vários outros países); símbolo: £”.

What does libra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineEnglish or American pound, a unit of mass equal to 454 g

  2. 2

    femininepound, British and other currencies derived from the use of a pound as a weight in silver

  3. 3

    femininelibra, Portuguese pound, a traditional unit of mass usually equivalent to 345 g and chiefly used for trade in medicines

  4. 4

    femininesynonym of arrátel, Portuguese pound, a traditional unit of mass usually equivalent to 460 g

noun

as Libra
  1. 1

    feminineLibra (astrological sign)

  2. 2

    feminineLibra (constellation)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. unidade monetária do Reino Unido (e de vários outros países); símbolo: £ 2. unidade de medida de massa, equivalente a 0,45359237 kg; libra-massa; símbolo: lb 3. arrátel (unidade de medida de massa, equivalente a 459 g 4. moeda que correspondia a uma libra (quantidade de massa) de ouro ou de prata

noun: 1. sétima constelação zodiacal, situada entre Leão e Escorpião 2. sétimo signo do zodíaco, relacionado aos que nascem entre os dias 23 de setembro e 22 de outubro

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 libra

  • libras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?

libra appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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