ladlad
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lad‧lad
Verb
ladlad
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ladlád (“spread out, as a net or clothes on the ground to dry”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ladˈlad/ [lɐd̪ˈl̪ad̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: lad‧lad
Adjective
ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)
- unfolded; unfurled; unrolled (of a mat, flag, etc.)
- Synonyms: nakakadkad, nakalatag
- (euphemistic, slang) out of the closet (open with one's homosexuality)
Derived terms
- iladlad
- ladlaran
- ladlarin
- lumadlad
- magladlad
- magladlad ng kapa
- nakaladlad
See also
Noun
ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)
- unfolding; unfurling; unrolling (of a mat, flag, etc.)
- spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)
- Synonyms: latag, paglalatag
- downfall
- Synonym: pagkabigo
Further reading
- “ladlad”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “ladlad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018