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lastre

Spanish, noun

lastre is spelled L-A-S-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lastre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ballast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of lastrar. With an accent, lastré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of lastrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Piedra de mala calidad y en lajas resquebrajadas, ancha y de poco grueso, que está en la superficie de la…”.

What does lastre mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineballast

  2. 2

    masculineburden

  3. 3

    masculineprudence

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as lastré
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of lastrar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Piedra de mala calidad y en lajas resquebrajadas, ancha y de poco grueso, que está en la superficie de la cantera, la cual no sirve para labrarse, y sólo sirve para las obras de mampostería.

noun: 1. Cualquier materia (piedra, arena, granalla de hierro, etc) que se embarca en un vehículo cuando la ausencia de peso o carga hace difícil su conducción. 2. Arena fina que el aeronauta lleva en sacos para que haga peso en la barquilla del globo, y que arroja para aliviar el peso o para que ascienda el aerostato. 3. Algo que impide moverse con libertad. 4. Impedimento para llevar algo a buen término.

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 lastre

  • lastres plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to lastre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is lastre in Spanish?

lastre appears 2.2 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).

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