lacre
Spanish, noun
lacre is spelled L-A-C-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sealing wax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of lacrar. With an accent, lacré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of lacrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasta de colofonia, goma laca, aguarrás y un colorante (usualmente rojo) que se funde y solidifica con…”.
What does lacre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesealing wax
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of lacrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pasta de colofonia, goma laca, aguarrás y un colorante (usualmente rojo) que se funde y solidifica con facilidad, por lo que se utiliza como sello para cerrar sobres, paquetes y otros. 2. Tono de rojo como el que es corriente en el lacre₁.
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 lacre
- lacres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lacre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lacre in Spanish?
lacre appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).