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How to conjugate Lucir in Spanish

lucir to show off Irregular Verb

At a glance: Lucir (to show off) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: luzco, luces, luce, lucimos, lucís, lucen. Yo adds a z (luzco); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (luzca).

Past participle
lucido shown off
Gerund
luciendo showing off
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Indicative tenses of Lucir

Lucir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of lucir is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “luzco”, meaning “I show off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoluzcoI show off
Túlucesyou show off
Ella / Él / Ustedluces/he shows off
Nosotras / Nosotroslucimoswe show off
Vosotras / Vosotroslucísyou (plural) show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeslucenthey show off

How it’s built: Yo adds a z (luzco); the other forms are regular.

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Lucir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of lucir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “lucí”, meaning “I showed off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YolucíI showed off
Túlucisteyou showed off
Ella / Él / Ustedluciós/he showed off
Nosotras / Nosotroslucimoswe showed off
Vosotras / Vosotroslucisteisyou (plural) showed off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeslucieronthey showed off

How it’s built: Regular: stem luc- plus the -ir endings.

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Lucir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of lucir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “lucía”, meaning “I used to show off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YolucíaI used to show off
Túlucíasyou used to show off
Ella / Él / Ustedlucías/he used to show off
Nosotras / Nosotroslucíamoswe used to show off
Vosotras / Vosotroslucíaisyou (plural) used to show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeslucíanthey used to show off

How it’s built: Regular: stem luc- plus the -ir endings.

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Lucir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of lucir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy luciendo”, meaning “I am showing off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy luciendoI am showing off
Túestás luciendoyou are showing off
Ella / Él / Ustedestá luciendos/he is showing off
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos luciendowe are showing off
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis luciendoyou (plural) are showing off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán luciendothey are showing off

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund luciendo.

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Lucir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of lucir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a lucir”, meaning “I am going to show off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a lucirI am going to show off
Túvas a luciryou are going to show off
Ella / Él / Ustedva a lucirs/he is going to show off
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a lucirwe are going to show off
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a luciryou (plural) are going to show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a lucirthey are going to show off

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive lucir.

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Lucir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of lucir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “luciré”, meaning “I will show off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoluciréI will show off
Túlucirásyou will show off
Ella / Él / Ustedlucirás/he will show off
Nosotras / Nosotrosluciremoswe will show off
Vosotras / Vosotrosluciréisyou (plural) will show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesluciránthey will show off

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive lucir plus the future endings.

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Lucir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of lucir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “luciría”, meaning “I would show off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoluciríaI would show off
Túluciríasyou would show off
Ella / Él / Ustedlucirías/he would show off
Nosotras / Nosotrosluciríamoswe would show off
Vosotras / Vosotrosluciríaisyou (plural) would show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesluciríanthey would show off

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive lucir plus the conditional endings.

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Lucir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of lucir is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he lucido”, meaning “I have shown off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe lucidoI have shown off
Túhas lucidoyou have shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedha lucidos/he has shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos lucidowe have shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis lucidoyou (plural) have shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan lucidothey have shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle lucido.

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Lucir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of lucir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había lucido”, meaning “I had shown off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía lucidoI had shown off
Túhabías lucidoyou had shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía lucidos/he had shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos lucidowe had shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais lucidoyou (plural) had shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían lucidothey had shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle lucido.

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Lucir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of lucir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré lucido”, meaning “I will have shown off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré lucidoI will have shown off
Túhabrás lucidoyou will have shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá lucidos/he will have shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos lucidowe will have shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis lucidoyou (plural) will have shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán lucidothey will have shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle lucido.

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Lucir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of lucir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría lucido”, meaning “I would have shown off”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría lucidoI would have shown off
Túhabrías lucidoyou would have shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría lucidos/he would have shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos lucidowe would have shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais lucidoyou (plural) would have shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían lucidothey would have shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle lucido.

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Subjunctive tenses of Lucir

Lucir in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “luzca”, meaning “I show off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoluzcaI show off
Túluzcasyou show off
Ella / Él / Ustedluzcas/he shows off
Nosotras / Nosotrosluzcamoswe show off
Vosotras / Vosotrosluzcáisyou (plural) show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesluzcanthey show off

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, luzco (luzca, luzcas, luzca, luzcamos, luzcáis, luzcan).

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Lucir in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “luciera”, meaning “I showed off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YolucieraI showed off
Túlucierasyou showed off
Ella / Él / Ustedlucieras/he showed off
Nosotras / Nosotrosluciéramoswe showed off
Vosotras / Vosotroslucieraisyou (plural) showed off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeslucieranthey showed off

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, lucieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (luciéramos).

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Lucir in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “luciere”, meaning “I will show off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoluciereI will show off
Túlucieresyou will show off
Ella / Él / Ustedlucieres/he will show off
Nosotras / Nosotrosluciéremoswe will show off
Vosotras / Vosotrosluciereisyou (plural) will show off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeslucierenthey will show off

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, lucieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (luciéremos).

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Lucir in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya lucido”, meaning “I have shown off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya lucidoI have shown off
Túhayas lucidoyou have shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya lucidos/he has shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos lucidowe have shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis lucidoyou (plural) have shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan lucidothey have shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle lucido.

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Lucir in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera lucido”, meaning “I had shown off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera lucidoI had shown off
Túhubieras lucidoyou had shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera lucidos/he had shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos lucidowe had shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais lucidoyou (plural) had shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran lucidothey had shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle lucido.

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Lucir in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere lucido”, meaning “I will have shown off”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere lucidoI will have shown off
Túhubieres lucidoyou will have shown off
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere lucidos/he will have shown off
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos lucidowe will have shown off
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis lucidoyou (plural) will have shown off
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren lucidothey will have shown off

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle lucido.

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Imperative tenses of Lucir

Lucir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “luzca”, meaning “(to you formal) show off!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túluce(to you) show off!
Ella / Él / Ustedluzca(to you formal) show off!
Nosotras / Nosotrosluzcamoslet's show off!
Vosotras / Vosotroslucid(to you plural) show off!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesluzcan(to you plural formal) show off!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (luce); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (luzca, luzcamos, luzcan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (lucid).

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Lucir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no luzca”, meaning “(to you formal) don't show off!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno luzcas(to you) don't show off!
Ella / Él / Ustedno luzca(to you formal) don't show off!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno luzcamoslet's not show off!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno luzcáis(to you plural) don't show off!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno luzcan(to you plural formal) don't show off!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no luzcas, no luzca, no luzcamos, no luzcáis, no luzcan.

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Frequently asked questions about Lucir

Is lucir a regular or irregular verb?

Lucir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo adds a z (luzco); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (luzca).

How do you conjugate lucir in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), lucir is conjugated as: yo luzco, tú luces, él/ella/usted luce, nosotros lucimos, vosotros lucís, ellos/ellas/ustedes lucen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate lucir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), lucir is conjugated as: yo lucí, tú luciste, él/ella/usted lució, nosotros lucimos, vosotros lucisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes lucieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate lucir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), lucir is conjugated as: yo lucía, tú lucías, él/ella/usted lucía, nosotros lucíamos, vosotros lucíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes lucían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate lucir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), lucir is conjugated as: yo luciré, tú lucirás, él/ella/usted lucirá, nosotros luciremos, vosotros luciréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes lucirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate lucir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), lucir is conjugated as: yo luzca, tú luzcas, él/ella/usted luzca, nosotros luzcamos, vosotros luzcáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes luzcan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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