lacear

Portuguese

Etymology

From laço (“lace, tie”) +‎ -ear.

Verb

lacear (first-person singular present laceio, first-person singular preterite laceei, past participle laceado)

  1. (informal, of clothing and shoes) to loosen (have a less-tight fit)
    Está apertado? Não se preocupa, que com o tempo vai lacear. ― Is it too tight? Don’t worry, with time it will loosen.
  2. (rare) to adorn with ribbons

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal lacear
Personal lacear laceares lacear lacearmos laceardes lacearem
Gerund
laceando
Past participle
Masculine laceado laceados
Feminine laceada laceadas
Indicative
Present laceio laceias laceia laceamos laceais laceiam
Imperfect laceava laceavas laceava laceávamos laceáveis laceavam
Preterite laceei laceaste laceou laceamos1, laceámos2 laceastes lacearam
Pluperfect laceara lacearas laceara laceáramos laceáreis lacearam
Future lacearei lacearás laceará lacearemos laceareis lacearão
Conditional lacearia lacearias lacearia lacearíamos lacearíeis laceariam
Subjunctive
Present laceie laceies laceie laceemos laceeis laceiem
Imperfect laceasse laceasses laceasse laceássemos laceásseis laceassem
Future lacear laceares lacear lacearmos laceardes lacearem
Imperative
Affirmative laceia laceie laceemos laceai laceiem
Negative (não) não laceies não laceie não laceemos não laceeis não laceiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

  • “lacear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From lazo (“lasso, ribbon, trap”).

Verb

lacear (first-person singular present laceo, first-person singular preterite laceé, past participle laceado)

  1. to lasso, to snare
  2. to trap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lacear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive lacear
gerund laceando
past participle masculine feminine
singular laceado laceada
plural laceados laceadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present laceo laceastú
laceásvos 		lacea laceamos laceáis lacean
imperfect laceaba laceabas laceaba laceábamos laceabais laceaban
preterite laceé laceaste laceó laceamos laceasteis lacearon
future lacearé lacearás laceará lacearemos lacearéis lacearán
conditional lacearía lacearías lacearía lacearíamos lacearíais lacearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lacee laceestú
laceésvos2 		lacee laceemos laceéis laceen
imperfect
(ra) 		laceara lacearas laceara laceáramos lacearais lacearan
imperfect
(se) 		lacease laceases lacease laceásemos laceaseis laceasen
future1 laceare laceares laceare laceáremos laceareis lacearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative laceatú
laceávos 		lacee laceemos lacead laceen
negative no lacees no lacee no laceemos no laceéis no laceen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

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