lustre
Spanish, noun
lustre is spelled L-U-S-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lustre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lustre, shine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of lustrar. With an accent, lustré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of lustrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Brillo que se obtiene de lustrar algo”.
What does lustre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelustre, shine
el lustre de mis zapatos, del metal, de los minerales
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of lustrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brillo que se obtiene de lustrar algo. 2. Esplendor, gloria.
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 lustre
- lustres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lustre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lustre in Spanish?
lustre appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).