lacrar

From lacre +‎ -ar. Sense 2, which in turn originated senses 3 and 4, may refer to the act of "beautifully sealing (an argument)".

• Hyphenation: la‧crar

lacrar (first-person singular present lacro, first-person singular preterite lacrei, past participle lacrado)

1. (literal) to seal
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 211:

     Mandaram lacrar todas as saídas e não deixar ninguém...

     They ordered me to seal all the exits and not to let anyone...

2. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism) To do something very well so that one gets popular attention; to slay

   Synonyms: arrasar, abafar

3. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism, politics, derogatory) To act or say something in the context of political correctness and left-wing militancy; to act wokely.
4. (Brazil, intransitive, neologism, politics, derogatory, by extension) To act or say something performatively in the context of any militancy; to virtue signal.

Usage notes at woke may apply to this verb.

• “lacrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “lacrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From lacre +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɾaɾ/ [laˈkɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧crar

lacrar (first-person singular present lacro, first-person singular preterite lacré, past participle lacrado)

1. (transitive) to seal

• “lacrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024