lacear

lacear

Spanish

Etymology

From lazo (“lasso, ribbon, trap”).

Verb

lacear (first-person singular present laceo, first-person singular preterite laceé, past participle laceado)

1. to lasso, to snare
2. to trap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lacear
gerund			laceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		laceado		laceada
		plural		laceados		laceadas
		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	laceo	laceastú laceásvos	lacea	laceamos	laceáis	lacean
	imperfect	laceaba	laceabas	laceaba	laceábamos	laceabais	laceaban
	preterite	laceé	laceaste	laceó	laceamos	laceasteis	lacearon
	future	lacearé	lacearás	laceará	lacearemos	lacearéis	lacearán
	conditional	lacearía	lacearías	lacearía	lacearíamos	lacearíais	lacearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lacee	laceestú laceésvos2	lacee	laceemos	laceéis	laceen
	imperfect (ra)	laceara	lacearas	laceara	laceáramos	lacearais	lacearan
	imperfect (se)	lacease	laceases	lacease	laceásemos	laceaseis	laceasen
	future1	laceare	laceares	laceare	laceáremos	laceareis	lacearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		laceatú laceávos	lacee	laceemos	lacead	laceen
	negative		no lacees	no lacee	no laceemos	no laceéis	no laceen

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

Related terms

• lazo

Further reading

• “lacear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014