bebas

See also: bebás and Bębas

Galician

Verb

bebas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of beber

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay bebas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbebas/ [ˈbe.bas]

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• Rhymes: -ebas
• Syllabification: be‧bas

Adjective

bebas (comparative lebih bebas, superlative paling bebas)

1. free (not imprisoned)

   Ayah sudah bebas dari penjara.

   Father is already free from prison.

2. free (unconstrained)
3. free (without obligations)

   Pekan ini mereka bebas dari pekerjaan mereka.

   This week they are free from their jobs.

4. (software) free (with very few limitations on distribution or improvement)

   perangkat lunak bebas ― free software

Derived terms

• bebaskan (“to free; to release”)
• kebebasan (“freedom”)
• pembebas (“freer”)
• pembebasan (“freeing”)
• sebebas (“as free as”)
• terbebas (“freed; released”)
• terbebaskan (“freed; released”)

Derived terms

• bebas aktif
• bebas banjir
• bebas bea
• bebas becak
• bebas bersyarat
• bebas bidan
• bebas cukai
• bebas hambatan
• bebas pajak
• bebas parkir
• bebas pilih
• bebas tangan

See also

• gratis (“free”) (of a price)

Further reading

• “bebas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbebas/ [ˈbe.bas]
• Rhymes: -ebas, -bas, -as

Adjective

bebas (Jawi spelling بيبس or بباس, comparative lebih bebas, superlative paling bebas)

1. free (not imprisoned)
   • 1371, Hikayat Bayan Budiman:

     “.. Akan tetapi, bukankah aku sudah melepaskanmu dan menyuruhmu terbang bebas? ..”

     Nevertheless, have I not already let go of you, and told you to fly free?

Descendants

• Indonesian: bebas

Further reading

• "bebas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Verb

bebas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of beber

Spanish

Noun

bebas f pl

1. plural of beba

Verb

bebas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of beber