lacrar

Portuguese

Etymology

From lacre +‎ -ar. Sense 2, which in turn originated senses 3 and 4, may refer to the act of "beautifully sealing (an argument)".

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈkɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈkɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈkɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧crar

Verb

lacrar (first-person singular present lacro, first-person singular preterite lacrei, past participle lacrado)

1. (literal) to seal
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 211:

     Mandaram lacrar todas as saídas e não deixar ninguém...

     They ordered me to seal all the exits and not to let anyone...

2. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism) To do something very well so that one gets popular attention; to slay

   Synonyms: arrasar, abafar

3. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism, politics, derogatory) To act or say something in the context of political correctness and left-wing militancy; to act wokely.
4. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism, politics, derogatory, by extension) To act or say something performatively in the context of any militancy; to virtue signal.

Usage notes

Usage notes at woke may apply to this verb.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lacrar
Personal	lacrar	lacrares	lacrar	lacrarmos	lacrardes	lacrarem
Gerund
	lacrando
Past participle
Masculine	lacrado			lacrados
Feminine	lacrada			lacradas
Indicative
Present	lacro	lacras	lacra	lacramos	lacrais	lacram
Imperfect	lacrava	lacravas	lacrava	lacrávamos	lacráveis	lacravam
Preterite	lacrei	lacraste	lacrou	lacramos1, lacrámos2	lacrastes	lacraram
Pluperfect	lacrara	lacraras	lacrara	lacráramos	lacráreis	lacraram
Future	lacrarei	lacrarás	lacrará	lacraremos	lacrareis	lacrarão
Conditional	lacraria	lacrarias	lacraria	lacraríamos	lacraríeis	lacrariam
Subjunctive
Present	lacre	lacres	lacre	lacremos	lacreis	lacrem
Imperfect	lacrasse	lacrasses	lacrasse	lacrássemos	lacrásseis	lacrassem
Future	lacrar	lacrares	lacrar	lacrarmos	lacrardes	lacrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lacra	lacre	lacremos	lacrai	lacrem
Negative (não)		não lacres	não lacre	não lacremos	não lacreis	não lacrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• lacração
• lacrador
• lacragem
• lacrolândia
• quem lacra não lucra

Further reading

• “lacrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “lacrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From lacre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɾaɾ/ [laˈkɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧crar

Verb

lacrar (first-person singular present lacro, first-person singular preterite lacré, past participle lacrado)

1. (transitive) to seal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lacrar
gerund			lacrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lacrado		lacrada
		plural		lacrados		lacradas
		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	lacro	lacrastú lacrásvos	lacra	lacramos	lacráis	lacran
	imperfect	lacraba	lacrabas	lacraba	lacrábamos	lacrabais	lacraban
	preterite	lacré	lacraste	lacró	lacramos	lacrasteis	lacraron
	future	lacraré	lacrarás	lacrará	lacraremos	lacraréis	lacrarán
	conditional	lacraría	lacrarías	lacraría	lacraríamos	lacraríais	lacrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lacre	lacrestú lacrésvos2	lacre	lacremos	lacréis	lacren
	imperfect (ra)	lacrara	lacraras	lacrara	lacráramos	lacrarais	lacraran
	imperfect (se)	lacrase	lacrases	lacrase	lacrásemos	lacraseis	lacrasen
	future1	lacrare	lacrares	lacrare	lacráremos	lacrareis	lacraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lacratú lacrávos	lacre	lacremos	lacrad	lacren
	negative		no lacres	no lacre	no lacremos	no lacréis	no lacren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• lacrado

Further reading

• “lacrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024