roya

See also: Roya and rōya

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈroʝa/ [ˈro.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈroʃa/ [ˈro.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈroʒa/ [ˈro.ʒa]

Rhymes: -oʝa
Syllabification: ro‧ya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aragonese roya, feminine of royo, from Latin rubeus. Doublet of rubio.

Noun

roya f (uncountable)

Plant rust or blight

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roya

inflection of roer:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

“royo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

rayo

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