roubar

Galician

Alternative forms

arroubar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese roubar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Late Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to break”). Compare Portuguese roubar, Spanish robar, English rob.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rowˈβaɾ/

Verb

roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)

(transitive) to steal
- 1385, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 247:
  Outrosí, os rapases do [... escud]eiros e ofiçiaes rouban e furtan quanto achan nas ortas e nas chousas e leuan os allos e uerças e ortariça sen diñeiros
  Also, the servants of squires and officials steal and rob everything they find in the gardens and enclosures, and carry away garlics and greens and vegetables with no money
(transitive) to rob
(transitive) to deprive

Conjugation

Conjugation of roubar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	roubar
personal	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubaren
Gerund
	roubando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	roubado			roubados
feminine	roubada			roubadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	roubo	roubas	rouba	roubamos	roubades	rouban
imperfect	roubaba	roubabas	roubaba	roubabamos	roubabades	roubaban
preterite	roubei	roubaches	roubou	roubamos	roubastes	roubaron
pluperfect	roubara	roubaras	roubara	roubaramos	roubarades	roubaran
future	roubarei	roubarás	roubará	roubaremos	roubaredes	roubarán
conditional	roubaría	roubarías	roubaría	roubariamos	roubariades	roubarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	roube	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubedes	rouben
preterite	roubase	roubases	roubase	roubásemos	roubásedes	roubasen
future	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	rouba	roube	roubemos	roubade	rouben
negative	–	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubedes	rouben

Derived terms

roubo

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European *roub ~ *reub- (same source as Albanian rrabe (“maquis”)), variant of *reup- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ʁ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ɾ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ʁ)/ [χo(ʊ̯)ˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ɻ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈbaɾ/ [ʁo(w)ˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbaɾ/ [ʁoˈβaɾ]

Hyphenation: rou‧bar

Verb

roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)

(transitive) to steal (to take illegally or without permission)
Ele roubou uma carteira do bolso de um pedestre.
He stole a wallet from the pocket of a pedestrian.
(transitive) to rob (to steal objects from a location)
Chegamos de viagem e vimos que roubaram nossa casa.
We arrived from a trip and saw that they had robbed our house.
(intransitive, or transitive with em) to cheat (to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation)
O cassino expulsou o jogador que estava roubando no pôquer.
The casino expelled the player who was cheating at poker.
(transitive, figurative) to seduce (someone who is in another relationship)
Esse cara quer roubar minha mulher.
This guy wants to steal my wife.
(transitive, figurative) to deprive, rob (someone or something) of (its qualities)
O tempo roubara sua beleza.
Time had stolen her beauty.

Conjugation

Conjugation of roubar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	roubar
Personal	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Gerund
	roubando
Past participle
Masculine	roubado			roubados
Feminine	roubada			roubadas
Indicative
Present	roubo	roubas	rouba	roubamos	roubais	roubam
Imperfect	roubava	roubavas	roubava	roubávamos	roubáveis	roubavam
Preterite	roubei	roubaste	roubou	roubamos¹, roubámos²	roubastes	roubaram
Pluperfect	roubara	roubaras	roubara	roubáramos	roubáreis	roubaram
Future	roubarei	roubarás	roubará	roubaremos	roubareis	roubarão
Conditional
	roubaria	roubarias	roubaria	roubaríamos	roubaríeis	roubariam
Subjunctive
Present	roube	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubeis	roubem
Imperfect	roubasse	roubasses	roubasse	roubássemos	roubásseis	roubassem
Future	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rouba	roube	roubemos	roubai	roubem
Negative (não)		não roubes	não roube	não roubemos	não roubeis	não roubem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Synonyms

(to steal): afanar, apropriar-se de, escamotear, furtar, larapiar, surripiar
(to cheat): trapacear
(to seduce): seduzir
(to deprive of qualities): tirar

Derived terms

rouba-monte

Related terms

roubada
roubado
roubador
roubalheira
roubo