libra
Meanings
Noun
1. English or American pound avoirdupois (a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g)
2. libra, Spanish pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g) (historical)
3. British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)
4. pound (various other currencies originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver) (chiefly historical)
5. Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)
Examples37
No tenía más de tres libras.
I had no more than three pounds.
"Más o menos cuatro libras", dice Bob.
"Nearly four pounds," says Bob.
Subí tres libras en dos semanas.
I gained three pounds in two weeks.
Necesito bajar 5 libras.
I need to lose five pounds.
Ella pesa 120 libras.
She weighs 120 pounds.
Ella gana de media 10 libras a la semana.
She earns on average ten pounds a week.