# laudo
## Italian
### Verb

laudo
* first-person singular present indicative of laudare

### Anagrams

* adulo, adulò

## Latin
### Etymology

From laus (“praise, commendation”) +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlau̯.doː/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯d̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlau̯.do/, [ˈläːu̯d̪o]

### Verb

laudō (present infinitive laudāre, perfect active laudāvī, supine laudātum); first conjugation
* to praise, laud, extol
    Synonyms: admīror, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, suspiciō, augeō, praedicō, intueor
* to commend, honor
* to eulogize
* to compliment, praise
* to quote, cite (implying doing so with approbation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. $^2$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* dīlaudō
* laudābilē
* laudābilis
* laudābilitās
* laudābiliter
* laudātē
* laudātiō
* laudātīvus
* laudātor
* laudātōrius
* laudātrix
* laudātus
* laus

#### Related terms

* laudātīva
* laudātīvē

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: alavdu, alãvdari
* Catalan: lloar
* → Esperanto: laŭdi
* French: louer
* Friulian: laudâ
* Italian: lodare; → laudare
* Occitan: lausar
* → Old French: lauder
** → English: laud
* Old French: loer
** French: louer
** Norman: louer
* Old Galician-Portuguese: loar, louar, louvar
** Galician: loar, louvar
** Portuguese: loar, louvar
** → Mirandese: lhoubar
* Piedmontese: laudé, lodé
* Romanian: lăuda, lăudare
* Romansch: ludar, luder, lodar
* Spanish: loar; → laudar
* → Albanian: lëvdoj
* → Ladino: loar (לואר)

### References

* “laudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “laudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* laudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare (ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui (ambiguous) to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci (ambiguous) to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: laudem afferre (ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere (ambiguous) to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem) (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaw.du/ [ˈlaʊ̯.du]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaw.du/ [ˈlaʊ̯.du]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlaw.do/ [ˈlaʊ̯.do]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlaw.du/ [ˈlaw.ðu]
* Rhymes: -awdu
* Hyphenation: lau‧do

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin laudō, first-person present indicative. Doublet of louvo.

#### Noun

laudo m (plural laudos)
* report; report containing a technical opinion resulting from an examination or assessment
* report; opinion of the commended person or the arbitrator

##### Derived terms

* laudar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

laudo
* first-person singular present indicative of laudar

### Further reading

* “laudo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “laudo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “laudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “laudo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaudo/ [ˈlau̯.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -audo
* Syllabification: lau‧do

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from laudar.

#### Noun

laudo m (plural laudos)
* (law) ruling, decision
* (law) arbitration award

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

laudo
* first-person singular present indicative of laudar

### Further reading

* “laudo”, 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