rubio
Galician
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Galician vaca rubia
Alternative forms
- roibo, rubeo
Etymology
From Latin rubeus. Cognate with Portuguese ruivo and Spanish rubio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈruβjo̝/
Adjective
rubio m (feminine singular rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)
- red
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 185:
- el RRey Faraõ, o que morreu ẽno mar RRubio quando ya pos los judeus
- the Pharaoh king, the one who died at the Red Sea when chasing the Jews
- el RRey Faraõ, o que morreu ẽno mar RRubio quando ya pos los judeus
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 185:
- reddish, ginger
- dark blond
- blushed
Derived terms
- vaca rubia
Noun
rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)
- blond or red person
- gurnard (fish)
Derived terms
- Rubio
See also
- louro
References
- “ruvio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rubio" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “rubio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rubio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rubio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin rubeus. Doublet of roya or royo, as well as the borrowing rúbeo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrubjo/ [ˈru.β̞jo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ubjo
- Syllabification: ru‧bio
Adjective
rubio (feminine rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)
- blond
Descendants
- → Tagalog: rubyo
Noun
rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)
- a blond (or blonde) person
- gurnard (fish)
See also
- chele
- güero
Further reading
- “rubio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014