ladlad

• Hyphenation: lad‧lad

ladlad

1. to spread out laundry on a surface

From Proto-Philippine *ladlád (“spread out, as a net or clothes on the ground to dry”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ladˈlad/ [lɐdˈlad]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: lad‧lad

ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)

1. unfolded; unfurled; unrolled (of a mat, flag, etc.)

   Synonyms: nakakadkad, nakalatag

2. (euphemistic, slang) out of the closet (open with one's homosexuality)

ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)

1. unfolding; unfurling; unrolling (of a mat, flag, etc.)

   Synonyms: kadkad, bukadkad

2. spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)

   Synonyms: latag, paglalatag

3. downfall

   Synonym: pagkabigo

• “ladlad” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “ladlad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018