lucrar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucrārī (“to profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [luˈkɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [luˈkɾaɾ]

Verb

lucrar (first-person singular present lucro, first-person singular preterite lucrí, past participle lucrat)

1. to obtain, to gain, to profit

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of lucrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			lucrar
gerund			lucrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lucrat		lucrada
		plural		lucrats		lucrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lucro	lucres	lucra	lucrem	lucreu	lucren
	imperfect	lucrava	lucraves	lucrava	lucràvem	lucràveu	lucraven
	future	lucraré	lucraràs	lucrarà	lucrarem	lucrareu	lucraran
	preterite	lucrí	lucrares	lucrà	lucràrem	lucràreu	lucraren
	conditional	lucraria	lucraries	lucraria	lucraríem	lucraríeu	lucrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lucri	lucris	lucri	lucrem	lucreu	lucrin
	imperfect	lucrés	lucressis	lucrés	lucréssim	lucréssiu	lucressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	lucra	lucri	lucrem	lucreu	lucrin
	negative (no)	—	no lucris	no lucri	no lucrem	no lucreu	no lucrin

Further reading

• “lucrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “lucrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈkɾaɾ/ [luˈkɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: lu‧crar

Verb

lucrar (first-person singular present lucro, first-person singular preterite lucrei, past participle lucrado)

1. to benefit or profit from something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lucrar
Personal	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucraren
Gerund
	lucrando
Past participle
Masculine	lucrado			lucrados
Feminine	lucrada			lucradas
Indicative
Present	lucro	lucras	lucra	lucramos	lucrades	lucran
Imperfect	lucraba	lucrabas	lucraba	lucrabamos	lucrabades	lucraban
Preterite	lucrei	lucraches	lucrou	lucramos	lucrastes	lucraron
Pluperfect	lucrara	lucraras	lucrara	lucraramos	lucrarades	lucraran
Future	lucrarei	lucrarás	lucrará	lucraremos	lucraredes	lucrarán
Conditional	lucraría	lucrarías	lucraría	lucrariamos	lucrariades	lucrarían
Subjunctive
Present	lucre	lucres	lucre	lucremos	lucredes	lucren
Imperfect	lucrase	lucrases	lucrase	lucrásemos	lucrásedes	lucrasen
Future	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucraren
Imperative
Affirmative		lucra	lucre	lucremos	lucrade	lucren
Negative (non)		non lucres	non lucre	non lucremos	non lucredes	non lucren

    Reintegrated conjugation of lucrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lucrar
Personal	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucrarem
Gerund
	lucrando
Past participle
Masculine	lucrado			lucrados
Feminine	lucrada			lucradas
Indicative
Present	lucro	lucras	lucra	lucramos	lucrades, lucrais	lucram
Imperfect	lucrava	lucravas	lucrava	lucrávamos	lucrávades, lucráveis, lucrávais1	lucravam
Preterite	lucrei	lucraste, lucrache1	lucrou	lucramos	lucrastes	lucrárom, lucraram
Pluperfect	lucrara	lucraras	lucrara	lucráramos	lucrárades, lucráreis, lucrárais1	lucraram
Future	lucrarei	lucrarás	lucrará	lucraremos	lucraredes, lucrareis	lucrarám, lucrarão
Conditional	lucraria	lucrarias	lucraria	lucraríamos	lucraríades, lucraríeis, lucraríais1	lucrariam
Subjunctive
Present	lucre	lucres	lucre	lucremos	lucredes, lucreis	lucrem
Imperfect	lucrasse	lucrasses	lucrasse	lucrássemos	lucrássedes, lucrásseis	lucrassem
Future	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lucra	lucre	lucremos	lucrade, lucrai	lucrem
Negative (nom)		nom lucres	nom lucre	nom lucremos	nom lucredes, nom lucreis	nom lucrem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• lucrativo

Further reading

• “lucrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “lucrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucrārī. Compare the inherited lograr.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈkɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈkɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈkɾa.ɾi/

Verb

lucrar (first-person singular present lucro, first-person singular preterite lucrei, past participle lucrado)

1. (business) to profit (to earn a profit)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucrar (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	lucrar
Personal	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucrarem
Gerund
	lucrando
Past participle
Masculine	lucrado			lucrados
Feminine	lucrada			lucradas
Indicative
Present	lucro	lucras	lucra	lucramos	lucrais	lucram
Imperfect	lucrava	lucravas	lucrava	lucrávamos	lucráveis	lucravam
Preterite	lucrei	lucraste	lucrou	lucramos1, lucrámos2	lucrastes	lucraram
Pluperfect	lucrara	lucraras	lucrara	lucráramos	lucráreis	lucraram
Future	lucrarei	lucrarás	lucrará	lucraremos	lucrareis	lucrarão
Conditional	lucraria	lucrarias	lucraria	lucraríamos	lucraríeis	lucrariam
Subjunctive
Present	lucre	lucres	lucre	lucremos	lucreis	lucrem
Imperfect	lucrasse	lucrasses	lucrasse	lucrássemos	lucrásseis	lucrassem
Future	lucrar	lucrares	lucrar	lucrarmos	lucrardes	lucrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lucra	lucre	lucremos	lucrai	lucrem
Negative (não)		não lucres	não lucre	não lucremos	não lucreis	não lucrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• lucro

Further reading

• “lucrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lucrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucrārī. Compare the inherited lograr.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lucrar (first-person singular present lucro, first-person singular preterite lucré, past participle lucrado)

1. to profit, win, gain, opportune, obtain lucre
2. to obtain one's desires
3. (reflexive) to make a killing, get rich

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lucrar
gerund			lucrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lucrado		lucrada
		plural		lucrados		lucradas
		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	lucro	lucrastú lucrásvos	lucra	lucramos	lucráis	lucran
	imperfect	lucraba	lucrabas	lucraba	lucrábamos	lucrabais	lucraban
	preterite	lucré	lucraste	lucró	lucramos	lucrasteis	lucraron
	future	lucraré	lucrarás	lucrará	lucraremos	lucraréis	lucrarán
	conditional	lucraría	lucrarías	lucraría	lucraríamos	lucraríais	lucrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lucre	lucrestú lucrésvos2	lucre	lucremos	lucréis	lucren
	imperfect (ra)	lucrara	lucraras	lucrara	lucráramos	lucrarais	lucraran
	imperfect (se)	lucrase	lucrases	lucrase	lucrásemos	lucraseis	lucrasen
	future1	lucrare	lucrares	lucrare	lucráremos	lucrareis	lucraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lucratú lucrávos	lucre	lucremos	lucrad	lucren
	negative		no lucres	no lucre	no lucremos	no lucréis	no lucren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lucrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lucrar	dative	lucrarme	lucrarte	lucrarle, lucrarse	lucrarnos	lucraros	lucrarles, lucrarse
	accusative	lucrarme	lucrarte	lucrarlo, lucrarla, lucrarse	lucrarnos	lucraros	lucrarlos, lucrarlas, lucrarse
with gerund lucrando	dative	lucrándome	lucrándote	lucrándole, lucrándose	lucrándonos	lucrándoos	lucrándoles, lucrándose
	accusative	lucrándome	lucrándote	lucrándolo, lucrándola, lucrándose	lucrándonos	lucrándoos	lucrándolos, lucrándolas, lucrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative lucra	dative	lúcrame	lúcrate	lúcrale	lúcranos	not used	lúcrales
	accusative	lúcrame	lúcrate	lúcralo, lúcrala	lúcranos	not used	lúcralos, lúcralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative lucrá	dative	lucrame	lucrate	lucrale	lucranos	not used	lucrales
	accusative	lucrame	lucrate	lucralo, lucrala	lucranos	not used	lucralos, lucralas
with formal second-person singular imperative lucre	dative	lúcreme	not used	lúcrele, lúcrese	lúcrenos	not used	lúcreles
	accusative	lúcreme	not used	lúcrelo, lúcrela, lúcrese	lúcrenos	not used	lúcrelos, lúcrelas
with first-person plural imperative lucremos	dative	not used	lucrémoste	lucrémosle	lucrémonos	lucrémoos	lucrémosles
	accusative	not used	lucrémoste	lucrémoslo, lucrémosla	lucrémonos	lucrémoos	lucrémoslos, lucrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lucrad	dative	lucradme	not used	lucradle	lucradnos	lucraos	lucradles
	accusative	lucradme	not used	lucradlo, lucradla	lucradnos	lucraos	lucradlos, lucradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lucren	dative	lúcrenme	not used	lúcrenle	lúcrennos	not used	lúcrenles, lúcrense
	accusative	lúcrenme	not used	lúcrenlo, lúcrenla	lúcrennos	not used	lúcrenlos, lúcrenlas, lúcrense

Related terms

• lucro

Further reading

• “lucrar”, 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
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “lucrar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

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