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:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “royo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- rayo