lucir
Spanish, verb/luˈθiɾ/
lucir is spelled L-U-C-I-R (5 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lucir is a Spanish verb meaning “to shine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Brillar, resplandecer”.
What does lucir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine
- 2
to sport, wear
- 3
to show off, to display
- 4
to look like
- 5
to dress well
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Brillar, resplandecer. 2. Sobresalir, aventajar. 3. Corresponder notoriamente el provecho al trabajo en cualquier obra.
verb: 1. Iluminar, comunicar luz y claridad. 2. Manifestar el adelantamiento, la riqueza, la autoridad, etc. 3. Enlucir. 4. Exhibir o mostrar a otros lo que se lleva puesto.
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 lucir
- luzco first-person present singular
- lucí first-person preterite singular
- lucido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- luciendo gerund
- lucida feminine participle past
- lucidos masculine participle past
- lucidas feminine participle past
- luces indicative informal present
- lucís indicative informal present
- luce indicative present singular
- lucimos first-person indicative plural
- lucen indicative plural present
- lucía first-person imperfect indicative
- lucías imperfect indicative second-person
- lucíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lucíais imperfect indicative plural
- lucían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lucir?
- /luˈθiɾ/
- [luˈθiɾ]
- /luˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lucir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lucir in Spanish?
lucir appears 3.6 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).