lacear

From laço (“lace, tie”) +‎ -ear.

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)

   Synonym: alargar

   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

• “lacear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “lacear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From lazo (“lasso, ribbon, trap”).

lacear (first-person singular present laceo, first-person singular preterite laceé, past participle laceado)

1. to lasso, to snare
2. to trap

• “lacear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “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