No. 10,230 in Catalan
perlliurar
"Perlliurar" means "to safeguard" or "to protect" in English.
In a sentence
Vaig fer tot el possible per perlliurar-me d'aquella situació.
I did everything I could to free myself from that situation.
In this sentence, 'perlliurar-se' is used reflexively to indicate a personal action of liberation or escape from an undesirable situation.
El cavaller es va esforçar per perlliurar la princesa.
The knight strove to save the princess.
Here, 'perlliurar' is used transitively to express a hero freeing someone else, emphasizing a purposeful action to help another.
Van idear un pla per perlliurar el poble del tirà.
They devised a plan to free the town from the tyrant.
In this context, 'perlliurar' is again used transitively, illustrating an organized effort to remove oppression or hardship from a group or entity.
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