librarse

librarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to escape (de, from)

■ intentaron librarse de sus perseguidores they tried to throw off their pursuers

■ siempre se libra de hacer los trabajos sucios he always gets out of doing the dirty work

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VPR

1) (=eximirse)

librarse de algo/algn — to escape from sth/sb

se ha librado del servicio militar — he has escaped military service

se han librado del castigo — they have escaped punishment

logró librarse de sus captores — he managed to escape from his captors

2) (=deshacerse)

librarse de algn/algo — to get rid of sb/sth

por fin nos hemos librado de él — we've finally got rid of him

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■librarse verbo reflexivo
1 to escape: nos libramos por los pelos, we had a narrow escape o we escaped by the skin of our teeth ➣ Ver nota en escape
2 (deshacerse, desentenderse) to get rid of: intenta librarte de él tan pronto como puedas, try to get rid of him as soon as you can
'librarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buena
- bueno
- salvarse
- deshacer
- desligarse
- librar
English:
escape
- feign
- get off
- hook
- miss
- rid
- get

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vpr

1. [salvarse]

librarse (de hacer algo) to escape (from doing sth);

se libró del servicio militar he got off having to do military service;

me libré de tener que ir a la fiesta I got out of having to go to the party;

Comp

de buena te libraste you had a lucky escape

2. [deshacerse]

librarse de algo/alguien to get rid of sth/sb;

el asesino consiguió librarse de sus perseguidores the killer managed to shake off his pursuers;

no conseguimos librarnos de ese olor we can't get rid of that smell

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librarse

v/r

:

librarse de algo get out of sth;

de buena nos hemos librado fam that was lucky

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vr

librarse de : to free oneself from, to get out of

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librarse vb

1. (evitar) to get out

me libré de ir a trabajar el sábado I got out of going to work on Saturday

2. (deshacerse) to get rid

se libró de él she got rid of him