lucir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luzir, from Vulgar Latin *lūcīre from Latin lūcēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈθiɾ], (western) [luˈsiɾ]

Verb

lucir (first-person singular present luzo, third-person singular present loce, first-person singular preterite lucín, past participle lucido)

1. (intransitive) to shine (to emit light)

   Synonyms: brillar, alumear

   Antonym: deslucir

2. (transitive) to show off
   • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:

     […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.

     […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucir (u-o alternation in present singular; c-z alternation)

	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	lucir
Personal	lucir	lucires	lucir	lucirmos	lucirdes	luciren
Gerund
	lucindo
Past participle
Masculine	lucido			lucidos
Feminine	lucida			lucidas
Indicative
Present	luzo	loces	loce	lucimos	lucides	locen
Imperfect	lucía	lucías	lucía	luciamos	luciades	lucían
Preterite	lucín	luciches	luciu	lucimos	lucistes	luciron
Pluperfect	lucira	luciras	lucira	luciramos	lucirades	luciran
Future	lucirei	lucirás	lucirá	luciremos	luciredes	lucirán
Conditional	luciría	lucirías	luciría	luciriamos	luciriades	lucirían
Subjunctive
Present	luza	luzas	luza	luzamos	luzades	luzan
Imperfect	lucise	lucises	lucise	lucísemos	lucísedes	lucisen
Future	lucir	lucires	lucir	lucirmos	lucirdes	luciren
Imperative
Affirmative		luce	luza	luzamos	lucide	luzan
Negative (non)		non luzas	non luza	non luzamos	non luzades	non luzan

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “lucir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lucir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lucir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lucir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lūcīre, from Latin lūcēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈθiɾ/ [luˈθiɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /luˈsiɾ/ [luˈsiɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: lu‧cir

Verb

lucir (first-person singular present luzco, first-person singular preterite lucí, past participle lucido)

1. (intransitive) to shine

   Synonyms: brillar, resplandecer

2. (transitive) to sport, wear
3. (transitive, figurative) 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (transitive, figurative) to look like

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lucir (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lucir
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
		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
• lucidor
• luciente
• lucimiento
• lucio
• luz
• reluciente
• relucir

Further reading

• “lucir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “lucir”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010