ladrão

See also: ladraõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladron, from Latin latrōnem (“highwayman, brigand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈdɾɐ̃w̃/ [laˈdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈdɾɐ̃w̃/ [lɐˈðɾɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: la‧drão

Noun

ladrão m (plural ladrões, feminine ladra or (colloquial) ladrona or (colloquial) ladroa, feminine plural ladras or (colloquial) ladronas or (colloquial) ladroas)

  1. thief
  2. dishonest person; treater
  3. (informal) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  4. (agriculture) shoot that grows from the root of a plant or at the base of a trunk, hindering its normal growth (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Descendants
Descendants
  • → Angolar: ladron
  • Chinese Pidgin English: la-li-loong
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: ladron
  • Indo-Portuguese: laderan
  • Kristang: ladrang
  • Principense: ladran
  • →? Shona: ladrone

Interjection

ladrão!

  1. (Brazil, games, sports) man on!

Verb

ladrão

  1. Obsolete spelling of ladram
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