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lustrar

Portuguese, verb/lusˈtɾa(ʁ)/

lustrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shine; to polish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar lustre, brilho”.

What does lustrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to shine; to polish

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. dar lustre, brilho

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 lustrar

  • lustro first-person present singular
  • lustrei first-person preterite singular
  • lustrado participle past
  • lustrares infinitive second-person singular
  • lustrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • lustrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • lustrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • lustrando gerund
  • lustrados masculine participle past
  • lustrada feminine participle past
  • lustradas feminine participle past
  • lustras indicative present second-person
  • lustra indicative present singular
  • lustramos first-person indicative plural
  • lustrais indicative plural present
  • lustram indicative plural present
  • lustrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • lustravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lustrar?

  • Brazil /lusˈtɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [lusˈtɾa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is lustrar in Portuguese?

lustrar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).