Is librar the same as liberar?

Question

Me has librado

Me has liberado.

These are exactly the same thing right? You freed me.

Answer 1

As regards librar having more meanings I believe it can also mean "to save someone from something of danger" as well as to save someone from some obligation, ie, to free them from it.

Líbranos del mal - Deliver us from evil (Religious) ¡Dios nos libre! - God forbid!. Esto me libra de toda responsabilidad - This absolves me or frees me from all responsibility

Answer 2

to free somebody (from something/from doing something);

That is librar. It has more meanings...

Liberar to free, like in you were imprisoned, you were freed.

Answer 3

In money talking, the meanings are totally different:

Librar un cheque : to write a check.

Liberar un cheque : to remove a hold from a check.

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These are used in Argentina.

Cool! I had never heard "librar un cheque". I love it when I can learn new uses like that. :-) - Gekkosan, Jan 24, 2012