free

gratis, gratuito

Que se puede obtener o usar sin pagar.

En inglés sencillo: Available without paying any money.

• The tickets are free.
• They offer free delivery on large orders.
• Is breakfast free for hotel guests?

Sinónimos: complimentary

Expresiones frecuentes: free entry, free delivery, free sample

libre, disponible

Que puede usarse porque nadie lo está usando, o que tiene tiempo porque no está ocupado.

En inglés sencillo: Available because nobody is using it or because you are not busy.

• Is this seat free?
• I am free after lunch.
• We found a free table by the window.

Sinónimos: available, unoccupied

Antónimos: occupied, busy

Expresiones frecuentes: free seat, free room, free this evening

libre

Que puede moverse o ir adonde quiera sin estar encerrado ni atrapado.

En inglés sencillo: Able to move or go where you want, without being held or trapped.

• The bird is free now.
• After ten years in prison, she was finally free.
• The horses are free to run across the fields.

Cómo se usa: free to + verb (The animals are free to roam.)

Sinónimos: unconfined, unrestrained

Antónimos: captive, trapped

Expresiones frecuentes: free to roam, free bird, free to go

libre

Sin reglas que limiten injustamente lo que las personas pueden hacer, decir o usar.

En inglés sencillo: Without rules that unfairly limit what people can do, say, or use.

• We live in a free country.
• The law protects free speech.
• Free software lets users share and change its code.

Sinónimos: unrestricted

Antónimos: restricted

Expresiones frecuentes: free country, free speech, free software

despreocupado, libre

Sin obligaciones ni preocupaciones que impidan hacer lo que se quiere.

En inglés sencillo: Without duties or worries that prevent you from doing what you want.

• On holiday, I feel completely free.
• She enjoyed a day free of responsibilities.
• With the work finished, we felt free again.

Cómo se usa: free from/of something (For one week, I was free from all responsibilities.)

Sinónimos: carefree, unburdened

Expresiones frecuentes: free of worries, free from responsibilities, feel free

despejado, libre

Sin nada que impida moverse o pasar.

En inglés sencillo: Clear of anything that stops movement or passage.

• The water needs a free passage.
• Keep the entrance free of obstacles.
• The pipe is now free from anything blocking it.

Cómo se usa: free of/from something (Make sure the pipe is free of blockages.)

Sinónimos: clear, unobstructed

Antónimos: blocked, obstructed

Expresiones frecuentes: free passage, free flow, free of blockages

gratis, gratuitamente

Sin tener que pagar dinero.

En inglés sencillo: Without paying any money.

• Children travel free.
• We got these tickets free.
• Hotel guests can use the pool free.

Sinónimos: for nothing, free of charge

Expresiones frecuentes: travel free, eat free, get something free

liberar, soltar

Dejar salir a alguien o algo de una cárcel, una jaula u otro lugar donde estaba retenido.

En inglés sencillo: To let someone or something leave a prison, cage, or other place holding them.

• They freed the birds.
• Firefighters freed him from the damaged car.
• Will the government free the prisoners?

Cómo se usa: free someone/something from something (They freed the dog from the trap.)

Sinónimos: release, liberate

Antónimos: imprison, capture

Expresiones frecuentes: free a prisoner, free someone from something, free a bird