ruibarbo

ruibarbo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rhuibarbo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reubarbe, from Late Latin reubarbarum, from Latin Rha (“River Volga”) + barbarum (“barbarian”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɦ.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɦ.bu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɾ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɾ.bu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [χuɪ̯ˈbaʁ.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɻ.bo/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɻ.bo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɾ.bu/ [ʁujˈβaɾ.βu]

• Rhymes: -aɾbu
• Hyphenation: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

1. rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)

Derived terms

• ruibarbo-da-china
• ruibarbo-do-campo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rwiˈbaɾbo/ [rwiˈβ̞aɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾbo
• Syllabification: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

1. rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)

   Synonym: pangue

Further reading

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