lastrar
Spanish, verb/lasˈtɾaɾ/
lastrar is spelled L-A-S-T-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lastrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ballast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner peso (lastre) a la embarcación, para que ésta descienda hasta hasta un nivel adecuado”.
What does lastrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ballast
- 2
to burden, weigh down
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner peso (lastre) a la embarcación, para que ésta descienda hasta hasta un nivel adecuado. 2. Asegurar o afirmar una cosa cargándola de peso. 3. Hacer que algo disminuya la cantidad de otra cosa.
verb: 1. Comer con voracidad.
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 lastrar
- lastro first-person present singular
- lastré first-person preterite singular
- lastrado participle past
- lastrando gerund
- lastrada feminine participle past
- lastrados masculine participle past
- lastradas feminine participle past
- lastras indicative informal present
- lastrás indicative informal present
- lastra indicative present singular
- lastramos first-person indicative plural
- lastráis indicative plural present
- lastran indicative plural present
- lastraba first-person imperfect indicative
- lastrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lastrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lastrabais imperfect indicative plural
- lastraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lastrar?
- /lasˈtɾaɾ/
- [lasˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lastrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lastrar in Spanish?
lastrar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).