Noun: libra
Gender: f
mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | libra |
| Singular f | libra |
| Plural m | libras |
| Plural f | libras |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like libra
baloncestista,
somalí,
activista,
sevillista,
ordenanza,
paciente,
trompetista,
bengalí,
chantaxe,
chavista,
paracaidista,
ximnasta,
liberticida,
clarividente,
baldreu,
baldreo,
flagelante,
florista,
comandante,
xadrecista, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese livra, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin libra (“Roman pound”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish libra and Catalan lliura. See: Latin Nouns '
libra', English Nouns '
pound', Spanish Nouns '
libra', Catalan Nouns '
lliura'.
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