aplaud

Aplaud is most commonly encountered as a nonstandard spelling of the English verb applaud, which means to clap one’s hands as a sign of approval or praise. In standard English, the correct spelling is applaud. Aplaud may appear as a typographical error or in stylized branding, but it is not recognized as correct in formal writing.

In English, applaud derives from the French applaudir, which itself comes from the Latin plaudere, meaning to clap or strike the hands together in approval. The word entered English in the early modern period and is used transitively, as in “The audience applauded the performance.”

In Romanian, aplaud is not related to the English verb and is the first-person singular present tense of the verb aplauda, meaning “I applaud.” Other forms include tu aplaudi, el/ea aplaudă, noi aplaudăm, voi aplaudați, and ei/ele aplaudă; the past tense is am aplaudat. The Romanian cognate is etymologically connected to the same Latin root but functions within the Romance language’s morphology.

Notes on usage distinguish English and Romanian meanings and forms. In English, the noun form is applause, and the verbs are applaud (present), applauded (past), and applauding (present participle). Romanian uses aplauda for “to applaud” and aplaud for the first-person present tense, with the noun for the act being aplauz. Thus, apart from cross-language cognates, aplaud has different roles depending on language context.