rúfol

• brúfol, rufolós

Perhaps from Old Catalan *ruf (“reddish”), from Latin rūfus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈru.ful]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈru.fol]

rúfol (feminine rúfola, masculine plural rúfols, feminine plural rúfoles)

1. lowering, threatening (of clouds, etc.)
2. gloomy, overcast
3. (figurative) threatening, sinister

   Synonym: sinistre

• “rúfol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007