lucir
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *lūcīre, from Latin lūcēre, present active infinitive of lūceō, from Proto-Italic *loukēō, from the root of lūx (“light”) or from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-eyo-, a verb that is derived from *lewk-. Compare Catalan lluir.
Pronunciation
Verb
lucir (first-person singular present luzco, first-person singular preterite lucí, past participle lucido)
- (intransitive) to shine
- Synonyms: brillar, resplandecer
- (transitive) to sport, wear
- (transitive, figurative) to show off, to display
- Synonym: manifestar
- 2019 June 3, “Corinna, la amiga del rey Juan Carlos, deja de ser princesa”, in El País[1]:
- A los 42 años, el exmarido de Corinna zu Sayn Wittgenstein se casaba por segunda vez, de tal manera que la que un día fue amiga del rey Juan Carlos dejaba de poder llevar el título de princesa que a ella tanto le gustaba lucir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, figurative) To look like
Conjugation
Conjugation of lucir (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | lucir | ||||||
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gerund | luciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lucido | lucida | |||||
plural | lucidos | lucidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | luzco | lucestú lucísvos |
luce | lucimos | lucís | lucen | |
imperfect | lucía | lucías | lucía | lucíamos | lucíais | lucían | |
preterite | lucí | luciste | lució | lucimos | lucisteis | lucieron | |
future | luciré | lucirás | lucirá | luciremos | luciréis | lucirán | |
conditional | luciría | lucirías | luciría | luciríamos | luciríais | lucirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | luzca | luzcastú luzcásvos2 |
luzca | luzcamos | luzcáis | luzcan | |
imperfect (ra) |
luciera | lucieras | luciera | luciéramos | lucierais | lucieran | |
imperfect (se) |
luciese | lucieses | luciese | luciésemos | lucieseis | luciesen | |
future1 | luciere | lucieres | luciere | luciéremos | luciereis | lucieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | lucetú lucívos |
luzca | luzcamos | lucid | luzcan | ||
negative | no luzcas | no luzca | no luzcamos | no luzcáis | no luzcan |
Selected combined forms of lucir (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “lucir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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