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
- IPA(key): (Spain) /luˈθiɾ/ [luˈθiɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /luˈsiɾ/ [luˈsiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: lu‧cir
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, figuratively) to show off, to display
- Synonym: manifestar
- 2019 June 3, “Corinna, la amiga del rey Juan Carlos, deja de ser princesa”, in El País:
- 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.
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- (transitive, figuratively) 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 |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of lucir (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive lucir | |||||||
dative | lucirme | lucirte | lucirle, lucirse | lucirnos | luciros | lucirles, lucirse | |
accusative | lucirme | lucirte | lucirlo, lucirla, lucirse | lucirnos | luciros | lucirlos, lucirlas, lucirse | |
with gerund luciendo | |||||||
dative | luciéndome | luciéndote | luciéndole, luciéndose | luciéndonos | luciéndoos | luciéndoles, luciéndose | |
accusative | luciéndome | luciéndote | luciéndolo, luciéndola, luciéndose | luciéndonos | luciéndoos | luciéndolos, luciéndolas, luciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative luce | |||||||
dative | lúceme | lúcete | lúcele | lúcenos | not used | lúceles | |
accusative | lúceme | lúcete | lúcelo, lúcela | lúcenos | not used | lúcelos, lúcelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lucí | |||||||
dative | lucime | lucite | lucile | lucinos | not used | luciles | |
accusative | lucime | lucite | lucilo, lucila | lucinos | not used | lucilos, lucilas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative luzca | |||||||
dative | lúzcame | not used | lúzcale, lúzcase | lúzcanos | not used | lúzcales | |
accusative | lúzcame | not used | lúzcalo, lúzcala, lúzcase | lúzcanos | not used | lúzcalos, lúzcalas | |
with first-person plural imperative luzcamos | |||||||
dative | not used | luzcámoste | luzcámosle | luzcámonos | luzcámoos | luzcámosles | |
accusative | not used | luzcámoste | luzcámoslo, luzcámosla | luzcámonos | luzcámoos | luzcámoslos, luzcámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative lucid | |||||||
dative | lucidme | not used | lucidle | lucidnos | lucíos | lucidles | |
accusative | lucidme | not used | lucidlo, lucidla | lucidnos | lucíos | lucidlos, lucidlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative luzcan | |||||||
dative | lúzcanme | not used | lúzcanle | lúzcannos | not used | lúzcanles, lúzcanse | |
accusative | lúzcanme | not used | lúzcanlo, lúzcanla | lúzcannos | not used | lúzcanlos, lúzcanlas, lúzcanse |
Related terms
- lucido
- lúcido
- luciente
- lucimiento
- lucio
- luz
- reluciente
- relucir
Further reading
- “lucir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014