Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#LUCIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#LUCIR luzir, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#LUCIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#LUCIR *lūcīre from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#LUCIRCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#LUCIR lūcēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈθiɾ], (western) [luˈsiɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#LUCIR

Verb

lucir (first-person singular present luzo, third-person singular present loce, first-person singular preterite lucín, past participle lucido)Category:Galician lemmas#LUCIRCategory:Galician verbs#LUCIRCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ir#LUCIRCategory:Galician verbs with u-o alternation in present singular#LUCIRCategory:Galician verbs with c-z alternation#LUCIRCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#LUCIRCategory:Pages with entries#LUCIRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#LUCIR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Galician intransitive verbs#LUCIR) to shine (to emit light)

   Synonyms: brillar, alumear

   Antonym: deslucir

2. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#LUCIR) to show off
   • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:

     […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.

     […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

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References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lucir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lucir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lucir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lucir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#LUCIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#LUCIR *lūcīre, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#LUCIRCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#LUCIR lūcēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈθiɾ/ [luˈθiɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LUCIRCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LUCIR
• IPA^(key): /luˈsiɾ/ [luˈsiɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LUCIRCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LUCIR
• Rhymes: -iɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ#LUCIRCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ/2 syllables#LUCIR
• Syllabification: lu‧cir

Verb

lucir (first-person singular present luzco, first-person singular preterite lucí, past participle lucido)Category:Spanish lemmas#LUCIRCategory:Spanish verbs#LUCIRCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ir#LUCIRCategory:Spanish verbs with c-zc alternation#LUCIRCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LUCIRCategory:Pages with entries#LUCIRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#LUCIR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#LUCIR) to shine

   Synonyms: brillar, resplandecer

2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#LUCIR) to sport, wear
3. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#LUCIR, figurative) to show off, to display

   Synonym: manifestar

   • 2019 June 3, “Corinna, la amiga del rey Juan Carlos, deja de ser princesa”, in El País‎:

     A los 42 años, el exmarido de Corinna zu Sayn Wittgenstein se casaba por segunda vez, de tal manera que la que un día fue amiga del rey Juan Carlos dejaba de poder llevar el título de princesa que a ella tanto le gustaba lucir.

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4. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#LUCIR, figurative) to look like

Further reading

• “lucir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “lucir”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010