latar

• IPA^(key): /laˈtaɾ/

Probably from Vulgar Latin *lattare, from Latin latitāre, from lateō (“be hiding, lurk, skulk”) +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix).

latar (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latei, past participle latado)

1. (intransitive) to play truant, be absent from school without a valid reason

• latarego (“lazy; shallow; deceitful”)

From lata (“lath”).

latar (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latei, past participle latado)

1. to lath

• “latar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “latar 'faltar'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “latar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “latar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Malay latar, ultimately Proto-Austronesian *dataR (“flat, flat or level land”). Doublet of datar and rata.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlatar]
• Hyphenation: la‧tar

latar (first-person possessive latarku, second-person possessive latarmu, third-person possessive latarnya)

1. level, flat

   Synonyms: datar, rata

2. surface

   Synonym: permukaan

3. synonym of halaman (“backyard, courtyard; page”)
4. setting:
   1. (literature) the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set.

      Synonyms: keadaan, situasi

   2. (drama) the mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
5. background: a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject.

• “latar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

latar

1. present indicative of lata

• talar