lacear
Portuguese, verb
lacear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to loosen (have a less-tight fit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “folgar”.
What does lacear mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto loosen (have a less-tight fit)
Está apertado? Não se preocupa, que com o tempo vai lacear.
- 2
rareto adorn with ribbons
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. folgar 2. tirar o aperto do sapato 3. desapertar o sapato novo 4. livrar-se do que apertava ou comprimia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lacear
- laceio first-person present singular
- laceei first-person preterite singular
- laceado participle past
- laceares infinitive second-person singular
- lacearmos first-person infinitive plural
- laceardes infinitive plural second-person
- lacearem infinitive plural third-person
- laceando gerund
- laceados masculine participle past
- laceada feminine participle past
- laceadas feminine participle past
- laceias indicative present second-person
- laceia indicative present singular
- laceamos first-person indicative plural
- laceais indicative plural present
- laceiam indicative plural present
- laceava first-person imperfect indicative
- laceavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).