What does lewd mean in english?

Question

Lewd is an english word but the context im reading it in is in spanish. If lewd is spanish, what does it mean in english?

No entiendo la pregunta. ¿Quiere saber que significa "lewd" en español? - Maureen-Early, Nov 24, 2009

He's saying he wants to know what the Spanish word "lewd" means in English, but I don't think it is a Spanish word. - aloshek, Nov 24, 2009

Answer 1

From Dictionary.com:

1. inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
2. obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.
3. Obsolete. a. low, ignorant, or vulgar. b. base, vile, or wicked, esp. of a person. c. bad, worthless, or poor, esp. of a thing.

So it basically means something that is indecent in a sexual and offensive way. Also, the third definition is not obselete (it's not the definition of the word), but rather that use of the word is obselete.

He says it's mixed in with some Spanish text - 0068e2f4, Nov 24, 2009

I'm going to hazard a guess that the translator for the book did something weird (at least I can figure out why it would happen) and decided to leave it in English. It happened all over in "La Casa en Mango Street", a book translated from English. - freeze10108, Nov 24, 2009

That's starting to make some sense. I would like to see the sentence to see what he is talking about though - 0068e2f4, Nov 24, 2009

Oh, that should say "can't figure out..." instead of "can". - freeze10108, Nov 24, 2009

Answer 2

According to the Real Academia Española, it is not a word in Spanish. What is the context in which it is used?

By the way, welcome to SpanishDict!

Lascivo, obceno, indecente, creo que eso significa "lewd", aunque soy un novato en el "ingles" - EdiOswaldo, Nov 24, 2009

It doesn't matter aloshek every night they do the samething. Post a bunch of questions that don't mean anything. I would just ignore them. - 0068e2f4, Nov 24, 2009

what in the world is tht. and i only joined to find this out - briangeorgeson, Nov 24, 2009

Answer 3

Ok briangeorgeson post a sentence from the book to see what it says then. That's the only way we are going to be able to figure it out.

I agree...without the original context, it is going to be pretty difficult to determine the meaning for you. - Izanoni1, Nov 24, 2009