Emancipar
Example: Los jóvenes lucharon para emancipar a su país del colonialismo.
Definition
"Emancipar" means to free someone or a group from legal, social, or political restrictions, granting them independence or rights. For example, in history, young people fought to emancipar their country from colonial rule, signaling liberation from control or oppression.
Etymology
The word "emancipar" comes from the Latin 'emancipare,' which means to liberate a son from paternal control, combining 'e-' (out) and 'mancipium' (control or ownership). Did you know? The term originally referred to freeing a child from a father's legal authority, and now it broadly means to liberate or free.
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"Emancipar" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (B2) - set 1", containing 210 commonly used words.
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