ladrão
Portuguese, noun/laˈdɾɐ̃w̃/
ladrão is spelled L-A-D-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ladrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que toma para si objetos de outrem”.
What does ladrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethief
- 2
masculinedishonest person; treater
interjection
- 1
Brazilman on!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que toma para si objetos de outrem 2. pessoa que tenta jogar fora das regras 3. rebento que medra na base do tronco e que tira força à planta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ladrão
- ladrões plural
- ladra feminine
- ladrona colloquial feminine
- ladroa colloquial feminine
- ladras feminine plural
- ladronas colloquial feminine plural
- ladroas colloquial feminine plural
- ladraõ alternative obsolete
- ladro alternative obsolete
- ladrão! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ladrão?
- Brazil /laˈdɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [laˈdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐˈdɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ladrão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ladrão in Portuguese?
ladrão appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).