ladro
Portuguese, noun/ˈla.dɾu/
ladro is spelled L-A-D-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ladro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ladrar.
What does ladro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletethief
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ladrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que furta ou rouba; ladrão 2. próprio de ladrão
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 ladro
- ladros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ladro?
- Brazil /ˈla.dɾu/
- Portugal /ˈla.dɾu/
- Portugal [ˈla.ðɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ladro in Portuguese?
ladro appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).