rúa

rúa

See also: rua, ruá, rùa, rũa, rủa, rữa, and rửa

Galician

Street sign in Galicia

Rúa do Franco (left) and Rúa do Vilar (right), Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”), probably through Old French rue, or influenced by it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.ɐ]

Noun

rúa f (plural rúas)

1. street
2. path in a garden

Derived terms

• A Rúa de Valdeorras
• Rúa
• Rúa Nova
• Rúa Travesa
• ruada (“night street feast”)
• ruavella
• rueiro (“a group of houses”)
• Ruela

Related terms

• enruga

References

• “rua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rúa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrua/ [ˈru.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: rú‧a

Noun

rúa f (plural rúas)

1. street

Further reading

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