roubo

roubo

Galician

Alternative forms

• rouba

Etymology

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

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
   • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: botín, prea

Related terms

• bicha
• bicho
• bichoca

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).bu/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).bu]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).bu/ [ˈʁo(w).βu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.bu/ [ˈʁo.βu]

• Rhymes: -owbu
• 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

   Antonyms: barganha, pechincha

Related terms

• antirroubo
• roubada
• roubado
• roubador
• roubalheira
• roubar