Ella Verbslucir to shine, to look (good), to wear (proudly), to show off Irregular Verb
At a glance: Lucir (to shine, to look (good), to wear (proudly), 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).

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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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luzco | I shine |
| Tú | luces | you shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luce | s/he shines |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | lucimos | we shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | lucís | you (plural) shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucen | they shine |
How it’s built: Yo adds a z (luzco); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lucí | I shone |
| Tú | luciste | you shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | lució | s/he shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | lucimos | we shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | lucisteis | you (plural) shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucieron | they shone |
How it’s built: Regular: stem luc- plus the -ir endings.
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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lucía | I used to shine |
| Tú | lucías | you used to shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | lucía | s/he used to shine |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | lucíamos | we used to shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | lucíais | you (plural) used to shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucían | they used to shine |
How it’s built: Regular: stem luc- plus the -ir endings.
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 shining”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy luciendo | I am shining |
| Tú | estás luciendo | you are shining |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está luciendo | s/he is shining |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos luciendo | we are shining |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis luciendo | you (plural) are shining |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están luciendo | they are shining |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund luciendo.
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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a lucir | I am going to shine |
| Tú | vas a lucir | you are going to shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a lucir | s/he is going to shine |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a lucir | we are going to shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a lucir | you (plural) are going to shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a lucir | they are going to shine |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive lucir.
The Indicative Future of lucir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “luciré”, meaning “I will shine”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luciré | I will shine |
| Tú | lucirás | you will shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | lucirá | s/he will shine |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luciremos | we will shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | luciréis | you (plural) will shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucirán | they will shine |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive lucir plus the future endings.
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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luciría | I would shine |
| Tú | lucirías | you would shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luciría | s/he would shine |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luciríamos | we would shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | luciríais | you (plural) would shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucirían | they would shine |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive lucir plus the conditional endings.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lucido | I have shone |
| Tú | has lucido | you have shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha lucido | s/he has shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos lucido | we have shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis lucido | you (plural) have shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han lucido | they have shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle lucido.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había lucido | I had shone |
| Tú | habías lucido | you had shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había lucido | s/he had shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos lucido | we had shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais lucido | you (plural) had shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían lucido | they had shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle lucido.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré lucido | I will have shone |
| Tú | habrás lucido | you will have shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá lucido | s/he will have shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos lucido | we will have shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis lucido | you (plural) will have shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán lucido | they will have shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle lucido.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría lucido | I would have shone |
| Tú | habrías lucido | you would have shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría lucido | s/he would have shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos lucido | we would have shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais lucido | you (plural) would have shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían lucido | they would have shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle lucido.
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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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luzca | I shine |
| Tú | luzcas | you shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luzca | s/he shines |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luzcamos | we shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | luzcáis | you (plural) shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | luzcan | they shine |
How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, luzco (luzca, luzcas, luzca, luzcamos, luzcáis, luzcan).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luciera | I shone |
| Tú | lucieras | you shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luciera | s/he shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luciéramos | we shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | lucierais | you (plural) shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucieran | they shone |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, lucieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (luciéramos).
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 shine”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | luciere | I will shine |
| Tú | lucieres | you will shine |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luciere | s/he will shine |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luciéremos | we will shine |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | luciereis | you (plural) will shine |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | lucieren | they will shine |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, lucieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (luciéremos).
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya lucido | I have shone |
| Tú | hayas lucido | you have shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya lucido | s/he has shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos lucido | we have shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis lucido | you (plural) have shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan lucido | they have shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle lucido.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lucido | I had shone |
| Tú | hubieras lucido | you had shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera lucido | s/he had shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos lucido | we had shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais lucido | you (plural) had shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran lucido | they had shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle lucido.
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 shone”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lucido | I will have shone |
| Tú | hubieres lucido | you will have shone |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere lucido | s/he will have shone |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos lucido | we will have shone |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis lucido | you (plural) will have shone |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren lucido | they will have shone |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle lucido.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “luzca”, meaning “(to you formal) shine!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | luce | (to you) shine! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | luzca | (to you formal) shine! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | luzcamos | let's shine! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | lucid | (to you plural) shine! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | luzcan | (to you plural formal) shine! |
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).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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 shine!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no luzcas | (to you) don't shine! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no luzca | (to you formal) don't shine! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no luzcamos | let's not shine! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no luzcáis | (to you plural) don't shine! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no luzcan | (to you plural formal) don't shine! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no luzcas, no luzca, no luzcamos, no luzcáis, no luzcan.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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