ladrar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre, present active infinitive of lātrō (“I bark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈðɾaɾ/

Verb

1. to bark
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page438:

     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

   Synonym: latir

2. (figurative) to complain

   Synonym: rosmar

Derived terms

• ladra
• ladradela
• ladro

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ladr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “ladrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre, present active infinitive of lātrō (“I bark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐ.ˈðɾaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /la.ˈdɾa(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: la‧drar

Verb

1. (of dogs) to bark

Synonyms

• latir

Derived terms

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

See also

• latido

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ladrar, from Latin lātrāre, present active infinitive of lātrō. Compare English latrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈdɾaɾ/ [laˈð̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. (of dogs) to bark

Related terms

• ladrido