roubo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo (13th century), back-formation from roubar.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrowβʊ]

Noun

roubo m (plural roubos)

  1. theft (act of stealing)
  2. robbery (the practice of robbing)
  3. loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
  4. pillage
    Synonyms: botín, prea
    • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 112:
      porla cruel guerra dos normanos, et frandeses et rroubos que moytas vezes faziã entrada porlo mar
      because of the crude war of the Normans and Flemings and pillages that they made entering by the sea many times

References
  • “roubo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “roubo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “roubo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “roubo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “roubo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

roubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roubar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo, from roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).bu/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).bu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).bu/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).bu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).bo/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).bo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).bu/ [ˈʁo(w).βu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁow.bu/ [ˈʁow.βu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁo.bu/ [ˈʁo.βu]

  • Rhymes: -owbu, -obu
  • Hyphenation: rou‧bo

Noun

roubo m (plural roubos)

  1. theft (act of stealing property)
    Synonyms: assalto, furto
  2. (uncountable) robbery (the practice of robbing)
  3. (uncountable) loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
    Synonym: pilhagem
  4. (figurative, derogatory) a price which is too expensive; a rip-off
    Antonyms: barganha, pechincha

Verb

roubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roubar
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