lancear

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare the inherited doublet lançar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃.seˈa(ʁ)/ [lɐ̃.seˈa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: lan‧ce‧ar

Verb

lancear (first-person singular present lanceio, first-person singular preterite lanceei, past participle lanceado)

1. to spear (to pierce with a spear)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lancear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	lancear
Personal	lancear	lanceares	lancear	lancearmos	lanceardes	lancearem
Gerund
	lanceando
Past participle
Masculine	lanceado			lanceados
Feminine	lanceada			lanceadas
Indicative
Present	lanceio	lanceias	lanceia	lanceamos	lanceais	lanceiam
Imperfect	lanceava	lanceavas	lanceava	lanceávamos	lanceáveis	lanceavam
Preterite	lanceei	lanceaste	lanceou	lanceamos1, lanceámos2	lanceastes	lancearam
Pluperfect	lanceara	lancearas	lanceara	lanceáramos	lanceáreis	lancearam
Future	lancearei	lancearás	lanceará	lancearemos	lanceareis	lancearão
Conditional	lancearia	lancearias	lancearia	lancearíamos	lancearíeis	lanceariam
Subjunctive
Present	lanceie	lanceies	lanceie	lanceemos	lanceeis	lanceiem
Imperfect	lanceasse	lanceasses	lanceasse	lanceássemos	lanceásseis	lanceassem
Future	lancear	lanceares	lancear	lancearmos	lanceardes	lancearem
Imperative
Affirmative		lanceia	lanceie	lanceemos	lanceai	lanceiem
Negative (não)		não lanceies	não lanceie	não lanceemos	não lanceeis	não lanceiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “lancear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare the inherited doublet lanzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanθeˈaɾ/ [lãn̟.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /lanseˈaɾ/ [lãn.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lan‧ce‧ar

Verb

lancear (first-person singular present lanceo, first-person singular preterite lanceé, past participle lanceado)

1. to spear

   Synonym: alancear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lancear
gerund			lanceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lanceado		lanceada
		plural		lanceados		lanceadas
		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	lanceo	lanceastú lanceásvos	lancea	lanceamos	lanceáis	lancean
	imperfect	lanceaba	lanceabas	lanceaba	lanceábamos	lanceabais	lanceaban
	preterite	lanceé	lanceaste	lanceó	lanceamos	lanceasteis	lancearon
	future	lancearé	lancearás	lanceará	lancearemos	lancearéis	lancearán
	conditional	lancearía	lancearías	lancearía	lancearíamos	lancearíais	lancearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lancee	lanceestú lanceésvos2	lancee	lanceemos	lanceéis	lanceen
	imperfect (ra)	lanceara	lancearas	lanceara	lanceáramos	lancearais	lancearan
	imperfect (se)	lancease	lanceases	lancease	lanceásemos	lanceaseis	lanceasen
	future1	lanceare	lanceares	lanceare	lanceáremos	lanceareis	lancearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lanceatú lanceávos	lancee	lanceemos	lancead	lanceen
	negative		no lancees	no lancee	no lanceemos	no lanceéis	no lanceen

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

    Selected combined forms of lancear

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 lancear	dative	lancearme	lancearte	lancearle, lancearse	lancearnos	lancearos	lancearles, lancearse
	accusative	lancearme	lancearte	lancearlo, lancearla, lancearse	lancearnos	lancearos	lancearlos, lancearlas, lancearse
with gerund lanceando	dative	lanceándome	lanceándote	lanceándole, lanceándose	lanceándonos	lanceándoos	lanceándoles, lanceándose
	accusative	lanceándome	lanceándote	lanceándolo, lanceándola, lanceándose	lanceándonos	lanceándoos	lanceándolos, lanceándolas, lanceándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative lancea	dative	lancéame	lancéate	lancéale	lancéanos	not used	lancéales
	accusative	lancéame	lancéate	lancéalo, lancéala	lancéanos	not used	lancéalos, lancéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative lanceá	dative	lanceame	lanceate	lanceale	lanceanos	not used	lanceales
	accusative	lanceame	lanceate	lancealo, lanceala	lanceanos	not used	lancealos, lancealas
with formal second-person singular imperative lancee	dative	lancéeme	not used	lancéele, lancéese	lancéenos	not used	lancéeles
	accusative	lancéeme	not used	lancéelo, lancéela, lancéese	lancéenos	not used	lancéelos, lancéelas
with first-person plural imperative lanceemos	dative	not used	lanceémoste	lanceémosle	lanceémonos	lanceémoos	lanceémosles
	accusative	not used	lanceémoste	lanceémoslo, lanceémosla	lanceémonos	lanceémoos	lanceémoslos, lanceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lancead	dative	lanceadme	not used	lanceadle	lanceadnos	lanceaos	lanceadles
	accusative	lanceadme	not used	lanceadlo, lanceadla	lanceadnos	lanceaos	lanceadlos, lanceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lanceen	dative	lancéenme	not used	lancéenle	lancéennos	not used	lancéenles, lancéense
	accusative	lancéenme	not used	lancéenlo, lancéenla	lancéennos	not used	lancéenlos, lancéenlas, lancéense

Further reading

• “lancear”, 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