laudo

laudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of laudare

• adulo, adulò

From laus (“praise, commendation”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫau̯.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaːu̯.do]

laudō (present infinitive laudāre, perfect active laudāvī, supine laudātum); first conjugation

1. to praise, laud, extol

   Synonyms: admīror, collaudō, mīrō, amplificō, suspiciō, augeō, praedicō, intueor

2. to commend, honor
3. to eulogize
4. to compliment, praise
5. to quote, cite (implying doing so with approbation)

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• laudātīva
• laudātīvē

• “laudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “laudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
    
  • (ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
    
  • (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • (ambiguous) to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: laudem afferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
    
  • (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
    
  • (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
    

• Rhymes: -awdu
• Hyphenation: lau‧do

Learned borrowing from Latin laudō, first-person present indicative. Doublet of louvo.

laudo m (plural laudos)

1. report; report containing a technical opinion resulting from an examination or assessment
2. report; opinion of the commended person or the arbitrator

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of laudar

• “laudo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “laudo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “laudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “laudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaudo/ [ˈlau̯.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -audo
• Syllabification: lau‧do

Deverbal from laudar.

laudo m (plural laudos)

1. (law) ruling, decision
2. (law) arbitration award

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of laudar

• “laudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025