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), Porto: 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.

Related terms

• lazo

Further reading

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