lado

See also: LADO, lađo, lǟdõ, and łado

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/ [ˈl̪a.d̪o]
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

ládo (Basahan spelling ᜎᜇᜓ)

1. side

   Synonyms: parte, tampi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈdoʔ/ [l̪aˈd̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Adjective

ladô (plural ralado, Basahan spelling ᜎᜇᜓ)

1. rotten (of a coconut)

   Synonym: lapa

Derived terms

• lado-lado
• maglado
• makalado
• malado

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lado, from Proto-Slavic *lędo, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, cognate with English land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlado]
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

lado n

1. uncultivated, wild land

Usage notes

Today used almost exclusively in the instrumental case as a part of the phrase ležet ladem, or in plural, lada, na ladech, often as a local name.

Declension

Declension of lado (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	lado	lada
genitive	lada	lad
dative	ladu	ladům
accusative	lado	lada
vocative	lado	lada
locative	ladu	ladech
instrumental	ladem	lady

Further reading

• “lado”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lado”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lado”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian latta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: la‧do

Noun

lado (uncountable, accusative ladon)

1. sheet metal

Further reading

• “lado”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lado”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Verb

lado

1. inflection of latoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

Alternative forms

• llado, llao (Galician-Asturian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/ [ˈla.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lado (“side”), from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   Synonym: banda

Derived terms

• ladar
• ladral

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Galician-Portuguese lado (“wide, broad”), from Latin latus (“wide, broad”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. a variety of vine grape

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lado (“side”), from Latin lātus, whence English latitude. Compare English lateral.

Noun

lado m (Hebrew spelling לאדו)

1. side (part; zone)
   • 2019 February 27, Metin DELEVİ, “El Samuray ke salvo a miles de djudios de los nazis”, in Şalom‎^[1]:

     Akoruto, kuando afita una trajediya, munchos bushkan a deskuvrir un lado positivo.

     Often, when a tragedy takes place, many people try to discover a positive side.

2. side (of the body)

Mirandese

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. Sendinese form of lhado (“side”)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• łado (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lędo, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, cognate with English land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫado/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlado/

Noun

lado n

1. uncultivated, wild land

Declension

Declension of lado (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lado	ladě	lada
genitive	lada	ladú	lad
dative	ladu	ladoma	ladóm
accusative	lado	ladě	lada
vocative	lado	ladě	lada
locative	ladě, ladu	ladú	ladiech
instrumental	ladem	ladoma	lady

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: lado

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lado”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”). Cognate with Old Spanish lado.

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

Derived terms

• ladeira
• ladeiro

Descendants

• Fala: lau
• Galician: lado
• Portuguese: lado

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin latus (“wide, broad”). Cognate with Old Spanish lado.

Adjective

lado m (plural lados, feminine lada, feminine plural ladas)

1. wide, broad
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Cronica Troiana, page 271:

     auj́a os cabelos longos et os ollos rredondos et as sobrẽçellas uermellas et ladas et grossas.

     he had long hair, and round eyes, and red and broad and large eyebrows

Descendants

• Galician: lado

Further reading

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “lado”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “lado”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

Descendants

• Ladino: lado
• Spanish: lado

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lātus (“wide, broad”).

Adjective

lado m

1. wide, broad

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “lado”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 297

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.dɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adɔ
• Syllabification: la‧do

Noun

lado f

1. vocative singular of lada

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lado, from Latin lātus. Compare Spanish lado and Italian lato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/ [ˈla.ðu]

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.dʷ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   Estou do teu lado. ― I'm on your side.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lado.

Derived terms

• ao lado
• ladinho (diminutive)
• lado a lado

Further reading

• “lado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lado (“side”), from Latin latus (“side”). Compare Portuguese lado and Italian lato. Related with English lateral and possibly (but uncertainly) with latitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/ [ˈla.ð̞o]

  • Audio (Colombia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: la‧do
• IPA^(key): [lao̯ ~ law] (colloquial)

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   a/en ambos lados ― on both sides / on either side

2. face

   Synonyms: cara, haz, frente

Hyponyms

• lado bueno

Derived terms

• a algún lado, en algún lado (“somewhere, anywhere”)
• a cualquier lado (“anywhere”)
• a un lado
• al lado
• al lado de
• de lado
• de un lado para otro
• dejar de lado
• ir a algún lado, ir a un lado (“to go somewhere”)
• ir cada uno por su lado
• ladear
• lado positivo
• mecha de lado
• por ningún lado
• por otro lado
• por todos lados
• por un lado

Related terms

• lateral
• latitud (uncertain)

Further reading

• “lado”, 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