libertar

See also: libertär

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lībertāre (“liberate, exempt”), from lībertās (“liberty, freedom”), from līber (“free”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.beʁˈta(ʁ)/ [li.behˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.beʁˈta(ʁ)/ [li.behˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.beɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.beʁˈta(ʁ)/ [li.beχˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.beɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.bɨɾˈtaɾ/ [li.βɨɾˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.bɨɾˈtaɾ/ [li.βɨɾˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.bɨɾˈta.ɾi/ [li.βɨɾˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: li‧ber‧tar

Verb

libertar (first-person singular present liberto, first-person singular preterite libertei, past participle libertado)

1. to free, liberate (make free)

   Synonyms: alforriar, liberar, livrar, soltar

   Antonyms: encarcerar, prender

Conjugation

    Conjugation of libertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	libertar
Personal	libertar	libertares	libertar	libertarmos	libertardes	libertarem
Gerund
	libertando
Past participle
Masculine	libertado			libertados
Feminine	libertada			libertadas
Indicative
Present	liberto	libertas	liberta	libertamos	libertais	libertam
Imperfect	libertava	libertavas	libertava	libertávamos	libertáveis	libertavam
Preterite	libertei	libertaste	libertou	libertamos1, libertámos2	libertastes	libertaram
Pluperfect	libertara	libertaras	libertara	libertáramos	libertáreis	libertaram
Future	libertarei	libertarás	libertará	libertaremos	libertareis	libertarão
Conditional	libertaria	libertarias	libertaria	libertaríamos	libertaríeis	libertariam
Subjunctive
Present	liberte	libertes	liberte	libertemos	liberteis	libertem
Imperfect	libertasse	libertasses	libertasse	libertássemos	libertásseis	libertassem
Future	libertar	libertares	libertar	libertarmos	libertardes	libertarem
Imperative
Affirmative		liberta	liberte	libertemos	libertai	libertem
Negative (não)		não libertes	não liberte	não libertemos	não liberteis	não libertem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• liberal
• liberalão
• liberalidade
• liberalismo
• liberalizado
• liberalizar
• liberar
• liberativo
• liberatório
• liberdade
• Libéria
• libertação
• libertado
• libertador
• libertário
• liberticida
• liberticídio
• libertinagem
• libertino
• liberto
• livrado
• livrador
• livramento
• livrança
• livrar
• livre

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French libertaire.

Adjective

libertar m or n (feminine singular libertară, masculine plural libertari, feminine and neuter plural libertare)

1. libertarian

Declension

Declension of libertar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	libertar		libertară	libertari	libertare
	definite	libertarul		libertara	libertarii	libertarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	libertar		libertare	libertari	libertare
	definite	libertarului		libertarei	libertarilor	libertarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lībertāre (“liberate, exempt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /libeɾˈtaɾ/ [li.β̞eɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧ber‧tar

Verb

libertar (first-person singular present liberto, first-person singular preterite liberté, past participle libertado)

1. to liberate, set free

Conjugation

    Conjugation of libertar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			libertar
gerund			libertando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		libertado		libertada
		plural		libertados		libertadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	liberto	libertastú libertásvos	liberta	libertamos	libertáis	libertan
	imperfect	libertaba	libertabas	libertaba	libertábamos	libertabais	libertaban
	preterite	liberté	libertaste	libertó	libertamos	libertasteis	libertaron
	future	libertaré	libertarás	libertará	libertaremos	libertaréis	libertarán
	conditional	libertaría	libertarías	libertaría	libertaríamos	libertaríais	libertarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	liberte	libertestú libertésvos2	liberte	libertemos	libertéis	liberten
	imperfect (ra)	libertara	libertaras	libertara	libertáramos	libertarais	libertaran
	imperfect (se)	libertase	libertases	libertase	libertásemos	libertaseis	libertasen
	future1	libertare	libertares	libertare	libertáremos	libertareis	libertaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		libertatú libertávos	liberte	libertemos	libertad	liberten
	negative		no libertes	no liberte	no libertemos	no libertéis	no liberten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of libertar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive libertar
	dative	libertarme	libertarte	libertarle, libertarse	libertarnos	libertaros	libertarles, libertarse
	accusative	libertarme	libertarte	libertarlo, libertarla, libertarse	libertarnos	libertaros	libertarlos, libertarlas, libertarse
with gerund libertando
	dative	libertándome	libertándote	libertándole, libertándose	libertándonos	libertándoos	libertándoles, libertándose
	accusative	libertándome	libertándote	libertándolo, libertándola, libertándose	libertándonos	libertándoos	libertándolos, libertándolas, libertándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative liberta
	dative	libértame	libértate	libértale	libértanos	not used	libértales
	accusative	libértame	libértate	libértalo, libértala	libértanos	not used	libértalos, libértalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative libertá
	dative	libertame	libertate	libertale	libertanos	not used	libertales
	accusative	libertame	libertate	libertalo, libertala	libertanos	not used	libertalos, libertalas
with formal second-person singular imperative liberte
	dative	libérteme	not used	libértele, libértese	libértenos	not used	libérteles
	accusative	libérteme	not used	libértelo, libértela, libértese	libértenos	not used	libértelos, libértelas
with first-person plural imperative libertemos
	dative	not used	libertémoste	libertémosle	libertémonos	libertémoos	libertémosles
	accusative	not used	libertémoste	libertémoslo, libertémosla	libertémonos	libertémoos	libertémoslos, libertémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative libertad
	dative	libertadme	not used	libertadle	libertadnos	libertaos	libertadles
	accusative	libertadme	not used	libertadlo, libertadla	libertadnos	libertaos	libertadlos, libertadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative liberten
	dative	libértenme	not used	libértenle	libértennos	not used	libértenles, libértense
	accusative	libértenme	not used	libértenlo, libértenla	libértennos	not used	libértenlos, libértenlas, libértense

Derived terms

• libertador

 

Related terms

• liberar
• libertad

 

Further reading

• “libertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16