ladlad

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lad‧lad

Verb

ladlad

1. to spread out laundry on a surface

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• larlar — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ladlád (“spread out, as a net or clothes on the ground to dry”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ladˈlad/ [lɐd̪ˈl̪ad̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: lad‧lad

Adjective

ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)

1. unfolded; unfurled; unrolled (of a mat, flag, etc.)

   Synonyms: nakakadkad, nakalatag

2. (euphemistic, slang) out of the closet (open with one's homosexuality)

Derived terms

• iladlad
• ladlaran
• ladlarin
• lumadlad
• magladlad
• magladlad ng kapa
• nakaladlad

 

See also

• lantad

 

Noun

ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)

1. unfolding; unfurling; unrolling (of a mat, flag, etc.)

   Synonyms: kadkad, bukadkad

2. spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)

   Synonyms: latag, paglalatag

3. downfall

   Synonym: pagkabigo

Further reading

• “ladlad”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “ladlad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• daldal