Italian

Verb

applaudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of applaudire

Latin

Etymology

From ad- ‎(“toward”) +‎ plaudō ‎(“to strike, clap”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /apˈplau̯.doː/, [apˈpɫau̯.doː]

Verb

applaudō ‎(present infinitive applaudere, perfect active applausī, supine applausum); third conjugation

1. I clap (strike one thing against another)
2. I clap the hands together, applaud

Inflection

Descendants

• Catalan: aplaudir
• English: applaud, applausive
• French: applaudir
• Italian: applaudire
• Portuguese: aplaudir
• Spanish: aplaudir

References

• applaudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• applaudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “applaudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)
    
• applaudo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911