lui
Spanish, verb[ˈlwi]
lui is spelled L-U-I (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lui is a Spanish verb meaning “first-person singular preterite indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía alternativa de lui, forma verbal de luir”.
What does lui mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative
- 2
second-person singular voseo imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Grafía alternativa de lui, forma verbal de luir.
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.
How do you pronounce lui?
- [ˈlwi]
- [luˈi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lui in Spanish?
lui appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).