lucro

/ˈlukɾo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain Financial Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: financial. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los lucros

Meaning

  1. profit

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

ganancia

lucro is often used in negative contexts, like "ánimo de lucro," for-profit or greed for profit; ganancia is more neutral, "profit."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

lucro

lucro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "profit."

Practice

1 What does lucro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es una entidad sin ánimo de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lucro?

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