lacre

See also: lacré

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: la‧cre

Etymology 1

Variant of laca.

Noun

lacre m (plural lacres)

1. seal (wax or resin used to seal letters)

   Synonym: selo

2. seal (object which will be visibly damaged when covering or container is opened)
3. (neologism, politics, derogatory) Alternative form of lacração (“wokeness”)

Derived terms

• lacrar

Descendants

• → Spanish: lacre

Etymology 2

Verb

lacre

1. inflection of lacrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlakɾe/ [ˈla.kɾe]
• Rhymes: -akɾe
• Syllabification: la‧cre

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese lacre.

Noun

lacre m (plural lacres)

1. sealing wax
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 303:

     En casos de hemorragia uterina se usa mucho en Chile el lacre pulverizado, que se toma con un poco de agua. El lacre se expende para tal objeto, es el mismo que sirve para sellar cartas.

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Derived terms

• lacrar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lacre

1. inflection of lacrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lacre”, 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