libero

From Italian libero (literally “free one”). So called because he has no direct opponent to mark and is therefore free to join in the offensive. The volleyball use is younger.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbəɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbəɹoʊ/, (nonstandard) /lɪˈbɛɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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libero (plural liberos)

1. (soccer) A central defender to whom no forward is assigned for marking, forming the last line of defence and often initiating the offensive play.

   Synonym: sweeper

   • 2024 January 8, Sachin Nakrani, “Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Nicknamed “Der Kaiser”, Beckenbauer was as elegant as he was dominant, and such was his assurance in possession that he came to master the modern sweeper role, or libero. More so, he is credited with creating it.

2. (volleyball) A designated back-row player intended to be used as a ball-control specialist.

• (volleyball): in volleyball rules and other official documents, Libero is always capitalised. In common usage it follows normal capitalisation rules and conventions.

• boiler, reboil

• Hyphenation: li‧be‧ro

libero

1. (volleyball) a libero
2. (soccer) a sweeper

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪbɛro]

libero n

1. (soccer) libero, sweeper
2. (volleyball) libero (designated back-row player specialized in defensive skills)

Borrowed from Italian libero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.beː.roː/, /ˈli.bə.roː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: li‧be‧ro

libero m (plural libero's)

1. (volleyball) a libero
2. (soccer) a libero, a sweeper [from 1960s]

   Synonym: ausputzer

• boiler

From Italian libero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibero/, [ˈlibe̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ibero
• Syllabification^(key): li‧be‧ro

libero

1. (soccer) sweeper, libero

• “libero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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libero m (plural liberos)

1. Alternative spelling of libéro

libero

1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar

Borrowed from Latin līberum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.be.ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibero
• Hyphenation: lì‧be‧ro

libero (feminine libera, masculine plural liberi, feminine plural libere, superlative liberissimo)

1. free (not imprisoned or enslaved)

   Un uomo libero. ― A free man.

2. clear, unobstructed (without blockages)

   Il passaggio era libero. ― The passage was clear.

3. free (without obligations)

   tempo libero ― Free time; leisure time

   Sono libero stasera. ― I am free this evening.

4. free (that does not have to be paid for)

   Ingresso libero. ― Free admission.

5. free (as in "free software")

   Software libero. ― Free software.

• → Ladino: libero

libero

1. first-person singular present indicative of liberare

libero m (plural liberi)

1. (soccer) libero, sweeper

• libero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Italian libero.

libero (Latin spelling)

1. free

From līber (“free”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.be.roː/, [ˈlʲiːbɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.be.ro/, [ˈliːbero]

līberō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of līber

līberō (present infinitive līberāre, perfect active līberāvī, supine līberātum); first conjugation

1. to free, set free, liberate

   Synonyms: eximō, absolvō, vindicō, exuō, exonerō, excipiō, prīvō

   Antonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō

   Camillus Romam ex obsidione Gallorum liberavit.

   Camillus liberated Rome from the siege of the Gauls.

2. to release, deliver

   Synonyms: persolvō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, eximō, servō, extrahō, prīvō

3. to absolve, acquit

   Synonyms: exonerō, absolvō, probō

   Antonyms: coarguō, comperiō

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

līberō

1. dative/ablative singular of līber

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libero

1. genitive singular of liberas (“Liberian”)

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu

libero

1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar

Borrowed from Italian libero.

libero m (plural libero)

1. (soccer) sweeper

• libero in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /liˈbeɾo/ [liˈβ̞e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: li‧be‧ro

libero

1. first-person singular present indicative of liberar