lacra
Spanish, noun
lacra is spelled L-A-C-R-A (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scar, trace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of lacrar. With an accent, lacrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of lacrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Secuela de una enfermedad”.
What does lacra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescar, trace
- 2
femininefault, bane; blot
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of lacrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Secuela de una enfermedad. 2. Defecto físico o moral que deja marcas a quien lo padece o que representa un mal dentro de una sociedad o grupo. 3. Persona de conducta o costumbres viciosas e inmorales. 4. Dicho de una persona, tacaño o avaro (generalmente referido a dinero).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lacra
- lacras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lacra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lacra in Spanish?
lacra appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).