ladrão

See also: ladraõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ladraõ, ladro (obsolete)

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

Descendants

Descendants of ladrão

• → 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!

Etymology 2

Verb

ladrão

1. Obsolete spelling of ladram.