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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
ladlad
- to spread out laundry on a surface
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *ladlád (“spread out, as a net or clothes on the ground to dry”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)
- unfolded; unfurled; unrolled (of a mat, flag, etc.)
- Synonyms: nakakadkad, nakalatag
- (euphemistic, slang) out of the closet (open with one's homosexuality)
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Noun
ladlád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)
- unfolding; unfurling; unrolling (of a mat, flag, etc.)
- Synonyms: kadkad, bukadkad
- spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)
- Synonyms: latag, paglalatag
- downfall
- Synonym: pagkabigo
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