lliura
See also: lliurà
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin lībra (“Roman pound”). Cognate with Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish libra.
Noun
lliura f (plural lliures)
- English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g
- (historical) libra, Spanish pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g
- (chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar units of mass in other measurement systems
- British pound, a unit of British currency, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of sterling silver
- (chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar currencies notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver
Coordinate terms
- (Spanish unit of mass): unça (1/16 lliura)
Verb
lliura
- inflection of lliurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “lliura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lliura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lliura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lliura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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