# ladrar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈðɾaɾ/

### Verb

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladrei, past participle ladrado)
* to bark
    Synonym: latir
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438: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
* (figurative) to complain
    Synonym: rosmar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* ladra
* ladradela
* ladro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ladrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ladr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ladrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “ladrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ladrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “ladrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ladrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladrar, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈdɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈdɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /laˈdɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /laˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [laˈdɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈdɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈdɾaɾ/ [lɐˈðɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈdɾaɾ/ [lɐˈðɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈdɾa.ɾi/ [lɐˈðɾa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: la‧drar

### Verb

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladrei, past participle ladrado)
* (of dogs) to bark
    Synonym: latir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

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

#### See also

* latido

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ladrar, from Latin lātrāre. Compare English latrate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈdɾaɾ/ [laˈð̞ɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: la‧drar

### Verb

ladrar (first-person singular present ladro, first-person singular preterite ladré, past participle ladrado)
* (intransitive, of dogs) to bark

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* ladrar a la luna
* ladrar pero no morder
* perro que ladra no muerde

#### Related terms

* ladrido

### Further reading

* “ladrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10