Polyglot Dictionary

ladrão

/laˈdɾɐ̃w/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os ladrões

Meaning

  1. thief

    • O ladrão fugiu.

      The thief fled.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gatuno

gatuno is more colloquial or literary, a sneaky petty thief; ladrão is the standard everyday word — both mean "thief."

Similar in other languages

German

Dieb

Dieb is the German word for the same thing — both mean "thief."

Spanish

ladrón

ladrón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "thief."

Practice

1 What does ladrão mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ fugiu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ladrão?

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