ladra
Spanish, noun
ladra is spelled L-A-D-R-A (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ladra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bark; barking (sound made by dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ladrar. With an accent, ladrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of ladrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El acto de ladrar el perro”.
What does ladra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebark; barking (sound made by dog)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of ladrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El acto de ladrar el perro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ladra
- ladras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ladra in Spanish?
ladra appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).