lacre

See also: lacré

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portuguese) -akɾi, (Portugal) -akɾɨ
• Hyphenation: la‧cre

Etymology 1

Variant of laca.

Noun

lacre m (plural lacres)

1. seal (wax or resin used to seal letters)

   Synonym: selo

2. seal (object which will be visibly damaged when covering or container is opened)
3. (Brazil, neologism, politics, derogatory) synonym of lacração

Derived terms

• bico-de-lacre
• lacrar
• lacre-branco
• lacrear

Descendants

• → Malay: lakri
• → Spanish: lacre
  • → Tagalog: lakre
• → Swahili: lakiri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lacre

1. inflection of lacrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lacre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “lacre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “lacre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlakɾe/ [ˈla.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -akɾe
• Syllabification: la‧cre

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese lacre.

Noun

lacre m (plural lacres)

1. sealing wax
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 303:

     En casos de hemorragia uterina se usa mucho en Chile el lacre pulverizado, que se toma con un poco de agua. El lacre se expende para tal objeto, es el mismo que sirve para sellar cartas.

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Derived terms

• lacrar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: lakre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lacre

1. inflection of lacrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lacre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025