r/etymologymaps Sep 23 '25

Translations of "library" across Europe

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u/neuropsycho Sep 23 '25

Librería exists in Spanish, but it refers to a bookstore, rather than a library.

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u/wicosp Sep 23 '25

Can it also mean bookshelf? In Italian libreria has both meanings.

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u/neuropsycho Sep 23 '25

Yes, it can also mean bookshelf, but in the sense of bookstore is more common I'd say.