- lacra
- f.1 blight (defecto).2 scar, cicatrice.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: lacrar.* * *lacra► nombre femenino1 (señal) mark, scar2 (mal) evil, scourge3 (defecto) fault* * *SF1) (Med) scar, trace; LAm (=llaga) sore, ulcer; (=costra) scab2) [social, moral] blot, blemish
la prostitución es una lacra social — prostitution is a blot on society
* * *femenino (Med) mark; (defecto, mancha) blight* * *= milestone, blight.Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex. In Ohio State we've been trying to develop for the last fifteen years a grape that will still survive the grape blight that wiped out the vineyards in southern Ohio in the 1920s.* * *femenino (Med) mark; (defecto, mancha) blight* * *= milestone, blight.Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
Ex: In Ohio State we've been trying to develop for the last fifteen years a grape that will still survive the grape blight that wiped out the vineyards in southern Ohio in the 1920s.* * *lacrafeminine1 (Med) mark2 (defecto, mancha) blight3 (Col pey) (persona) degenerate* * *
Del verbo lacrar: (conjugate lacrar)
lacra es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
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lacrar
lacrar (conjugate lacrar) verbo transitivo (con cera) to seal
lacra f (defecto, tara) evil, curse: la corrupción es la lacra de nuestros días, corruption is the curse of our times
* * *lacra nf1. [secuela]la enfermedad le dejó como lacra una cojera he was left lame by the illness2. [problema] scourge;la lacra del terrorismo the scourge of terrorism;la droga se ha convertido en una lacra social drugs have become the scourge of our society3. [defecto] blight4. Am [costra] scab* * *lacraf1 scar2 L.Am. (llaga) sore3:la corrupción es una lacra social corruption is a blot on society* * *lacra nf1) : scar, mark (on the skin)2) : stigma, blemish
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.