-라도

Korean

Etymology

Short for 라(고 해)도 (-ra(-go hae)-do, “even if one says that...”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠do̞]
Phonetic hangul: [라도]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	rado
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	lado
McCune–Reischauer^?	rado
Yale Romanization^?	lato

Suffix

라도 • (-rado)

even if; used to indicate that something does not matter, whether it is true or not. Used only in the environments of the 라 (-ra) allomorph of 다 (-da); see the former entry for more.
살인마라도 법 에 따라 처벌되어야 한다.
sarinma-rado beob-e ttara cheobeol-doeeoya handa.
Even a mass murderer should be punished according to the law.
(literally, “Even if he is a mass murderer, he should be punished according to the law.”)

뱀 이라도 죽이면 안 된다.
baem-i-rado jugimyeon an doenda.
You should not kill even a snake.
(literally, “Even if [something] is a snake, it should not be killed.”)

Derived terms

더라도 (-deorado)
이라도 (-irado)

Particle

라도 • (-rado)

Post-vowel allomorphic form of 이라도 (-irado, “even”).
굶주리면 풀뿌리라도 캐 먹는다.
gumjurimyeon pulppuri-rado kae-meongneunda.
When you are starving, you will dig up and eat even the roots of weeds.

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