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librar

Translation

v.
(uno mismo de un peligro)
to escape
Me libré de la tormenta por los pelos
I just escaped the storm
(a alguien de un peligro)
to save
constr. to save sb from sth
(uno mismo de una obligación)
to get out of
Me libré de fregar los platos
I got out of doing the washing up
(a alguien de una obligación)
to free
constr. to free sb from sth
(tener el día libre)
to have a day off
Libré dos días la semana pasada
Last week I had two days off
(una batalla)
to fight
librarse de algo
to root sth out
to get away with sth
librarse de alguien
to brush sb off
(Definition of librar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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