ladrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”).

• IPA^(key): /laˈðɾaɾ/

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladrei, past participle ladrado)

1. to bark

   Synonym: latir

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:

     Os çenoçéfalis an o rrostro moy longo en figura de cã; et nõ falã cõmo homes, mays ladrã cõmo cães, pero que an todo seu siso entrego.

     The Cynocephali have a very long face, such as that of a dog; and they don't speak as men, but they bark as dogs do, but still they have the whole of their intelligence

2. (figurative) to complain

   Synonym: rosmar

• ladra
• ladradela
• ladro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ladrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ladr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ladrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ladrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ladrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ladrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ladrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”).

• Hyphenation: la‧drar

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladrei, past participle ladrado)

1. (of dogs) to bark

   Synonym: latir

• cão que ladra não morde
• os cães ladram, mas a caravana passa
• ladrador

• latido

Inherited from Old Spanish ladrar, from Latin lātrāre. Compare English latrate.

• IPA^(key): /laˈdɾaɾ/ [laˈð̞ɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧drar

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladré, past participle ladrado)

1. (intransitive, of dogs) to bark

• “ladrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024