lado

See also: LADO, lađo, lǟdõ, and łado

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lado, from Proto-Slavic *lędo, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, cognate with English land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlado]
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

lado n

1. uncultivated, wild land

Usage notes

Today used almost exclusively in the instrumental case as a part of the phrase ležet ladem, or in plural, lada, na ladech, often as a local name.

Declension

Declension of lado (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	lado	lada
genitive	lada	lad
dative	ladu	ladům
accusative	lado	lada
vocative	lado	lada
locative	ladu	ladech
instrumental	ladem	lady

Further reading

• “lado”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lado”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lado”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian latta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlado]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

lado (uncountable, accusative ladon)

1. sheet metal

Finnish

Verb

lado

1. inflection of latoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/ [ˈla.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lado (“side”), from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   Synonym: banda

Derived terms

• ladar
• ladral

 

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Galician-Portuguese lado (“wide, broad”), from Latin latus (“wide, broad”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. a variety of vine grape

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lado (“side”), from Latin lātus, whence English latitude. Compare English lateral.

Noun

lado m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאדו)

1. side (zone)
2. side (of the body)

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• lhado

Etymology

From Latin latus.

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• łado (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lędo, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-, cognate with English land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫado/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlado/

Noun

lado n

1. uncultivated, wild land

Declension

Declension of lado (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lado	ladě	lada
genitive	lada	ladú	lad
dative	ladu	ladoma	ladóm
accusative	lado	ladě	lada
vocative	lado	ladě	lada
locative	ladě, ladu	ladú	ladiech
instrumental	ladem	ladoma	lady

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: lado

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “lado”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

Etymology 2

From Latin latus (“wide, broad”).

Adjective

lado m

1. wide, broad
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Cronica Troiana, page 271:

     auj́a os cabelos longos et os ollos rredondos et as sobrẽçellas uermellas et ladas et grossas.

     he had long hair, and round eyes, and red and broad and large eyebrows

Further reading

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

Descendants

• Ladino: lado
• Spanish: lado

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin latus (“wide, broad”).

Adjective

lado m

1. wide, broad

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “lado”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 297

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.dɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adɔ
• Syllabification: la‧do

Noun

lado f

1. vocative singular of lada

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lado, from Latin lātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.du/ [ˈla.ðu]

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.dʷ/
• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: la‧do

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   Estou do teu lado. ― I'm on your side.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lado.

Derived terms

• ao lado
• ladinho (diminutive)
• lado a lado

 

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lado (“side”), from Latin lātus, whence English latitude. Compare English lateral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlado/ [ˈla.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: la‧do

Noun

lado m (plural lados)

1. side

   a ambos lados ― on both sides / on either side

2. face

   Synonyms: cara, haz, frente

Hyponyms

• lado bueno

 

Derived terms

• a algún lado, en algún lado (“somewhere, anywhere”)
• a cualquier lado (“anywhere”)
• a un lado
• al lado
• al lado de
• de lado
• de un lado para otro
• dejar de lado
• ir a algún lado, ir a un lado (“to go somewhere”)
• ir cada uno por su lado
• lado positivo
• mecha de lado
• por ningún lado
• por otro lado
• por todos lados
• por un lado

 

Related terms

• ladear
• latitud
• vera

 

Further reading

• “lado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10