ladrar
Spanish, verb/laˈdɾaɾ/
ladrar is spelled L-A-D-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ladrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar ladridos el perro”.
What does ladrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bark
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar ladridos el perro. 2. Amenazar sin acometer. 3. Impugnar, motejar. Alguna vez se entiende con razón y justicia, pero de ordinario indica malignidad.
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 ladrar
- ladro first-person present singular
- ladré first-person preterite singular
- ladrado participle past
- ladrando gerund
- ladrada feminine participle past
- ladrados masculine participle past
- ladradas feminine participle past
- ladras indicative informal present
- ladrás indicative informal present
- ladra indicative present singular
- ladramos first-person indicative plural
- ladráis indicative plural present
- ladran indicative plural present
- ladraba first-person imperfect indicative
- ladrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ladrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ladrabais imperfect indicative plural
- ladraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ladrar?
- /laˈdɾaɾ/
- [laˈð̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ladrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ladrar in Spanish?
ladrar 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).