ladrón

See also: ladron and Ladrón

Galician

Alternative forms

• ladrom, ladrão (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladron, from Latin latrō. Cognate with Portuguese ladrão and Spanish ladrón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈðɾoŋ]

Noun

ladrón m (plural ladróns, feminine ladroa or ladra, feminine plural ladroas or ladras)

1. thief; robber; rogue; crook

   Coida o ladrón que todos o son (proverb) ― The thief thoughts that everybody also is one

   • 1929, Celestino García Romero, Inferno e gloria:

     Tamén os ladróns d'aquí n'están a boas co inferno. Se o puderan atafegar! O que n'ha ir alá pensa: se hai que haxa; se arde, deixá-lo arder. Pero o que ve que vai direitiño! Cánto s'alegraría que no'o houbese! Que non fose máis que contos de cregos para ganar un peso.

     The thieves here are also at odds with hell. If they could dose it! The one who isn't going to go there thinks: if it exists, let it exist; if it burns, let it burn. But the one that goes straight towards it, how much would he rejoice if it doesn't exists! That it is but priest's tales make to gain a fivepence.

2. (horticulture, winemaking) a undesirable unfruitful sprout or shoot which steals nutrients

Adjective

ladrón (feminine ladroa or ladra, masculine plural ladróns, feminine plural ladroas or ladras)

1. (rare) thievish; rogue

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ladron”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ladron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ladrón”, 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), “ladrón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ladrón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Alternative forms

• ladron

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ladron, from Latin latrōnem. Cognate with Spanish ladrón.

Adjective

ladrón (Hebrew spelling לאד׳רון)

1. thievish
   • 1931, “Rekolyo de Poezias Diversas”, in Folkmasa‎^[1]:

     ladron, ipokrita, ingrato i traishedor

     thievish, hypocritical, ungrateful, and traitorous

Noun

ladrón m (Hebrew spelling לאד׳רון, plural ladrones or ladroním)

1. thief; robber; rogue; crook

   Hyponym: ladroniko

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[2], page 126:

     "Sí, esta es una biskikleta rovada", le dize el pulís, "i tú sos el ladrón!"
     "Yo? Ladrón?!" se metió a gritar Aharon, "Esta bisikleta yo la trushi de Italia ayer. Na, está sovre mi pasaporto!"
     "Ayde, no kontes patranya i ven pishín kon mi!" le disho el pulís, tomándole le bisikleta de la mano i aferrándolo del braso. I se lo yevó a la prezión.

     ‘Yes, this is a stolen bicycle,’ the officer said. ‘And you are the thief!’
     ‘Me? [A] thief‽’ Aharon began to shout, ‘I brought this bicycle from Italy yesterday. For goodness’ sake, it’s on my passport!’
     ‘Let’s go, stop talking nonsense and come with me, immediately!’ the officer told him, seizing the bicycle in [one] hand from him and holding him by the arm. [Then] he arrived at prison.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ladron (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ladron, from Latin latrōnem. Cognate with Ladino ladrón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈdɾon/ [laˈð̞ɾõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: la‧drón

Adjective

ladrón (feminine ladrona, masculine plural ladrones, feminine plural ladronas)

1. thievish

   Antonym: honrado

Noun

ladrón m (plural ladrones, feminine ladrona, feminine plural ladronas)

1. thief; robber; rogue; crook

   Synonyms: bandido, ratero

2. (Spain) adapter (device allowing more plugs at an outlet)

Derived terms

• la ocasión hace ladrón
• latrocinio

Descendants

• Chavacano: ladron
• Palenquero: lairón
• Papiamentu: ladron
• → English: ladrone, ladron

See also

• piensa el ladrón que todos son de su condición
• quien roba a un ladrón, tiene cien años de perdón
• robar

Further reading

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