lardo

See also: lardò

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹ.doʊ/

• Audio (Australia):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian lardo. Doublet of lard.

Noun

lardo (uncountable)

1. A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English lard

Latin ō

Old French ohbor.

Middle English o

English O

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Middle English o

English oh

English -o

English lardo

From lard + -o.

Noun

lardo (plural lardos)

1. (derogatory, slang) An overweight person.

Synonyms

• (overweight person): butterball, chubster, fatso, fatty, jellyroll, lardass, thunder thighs

Translations

(derogatory) overweight person

Anagrams

• Darlo, Adrol, Doral

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlardo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ardo
• Syllabification: lar‧do

Noun

lardo (accusative singular lardon, plural lardoj, accusative plural lardojn)

1. bacon

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1409. From Latin lardum, laridum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾdo/ [ˈlaɾ.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Hyphenation: lar‧do

Noun

lardo m (plural lardos)

1. lard, fat (from pork)

   Synonyms: touciño, pingo

   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     para o cavalo soo en ũa casa por dous ou tres dias ou máis, e non coma nen beba. Depois dalle a comer do lardo do porco salpreso quanto del quiser, ca, por razon da fame e do lardo salgado, ligeiramente e de grado comerá

     have the horse alone in a house for two or three days or more. Then, give him salted pork lard, as much as it wants, since, because of hunger it will eat eagerly and promptly

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lardo”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “lardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Noun

lardo (plural lardi)

1. bacon

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlar.do/
• Rhymes: -ardo
• Hyphenation: làr‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin lardum, laridum.

Noun

lardo m (plural lardi)

1. cured strips of fatback (for cooking)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lardare

Anagrams

• darlo, ladro, lorda

Latin

Noun

lārdō

1. dative/ablative singular of lārdum

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lāridum

Latin lārdum

Spanish lardo

Inherited from Latin lārdum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾdo/ [ˈlaɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: lar‧do

Noun

lardo m (plural lardos)

1. lard

   Synonym: manteca

Derived terms

• lardero

Further reading

• “lardo”, 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