roba

roba

1. third-person singular present indicative of robar
2. second-person singular imperative of robar

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrɔ.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ba]

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• Homophone: rova

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz, likely via Gothic. Cognate with English robe and rob, and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”), Sicilian robba.

roba f (plural robes)

1. fabric, textile

   Synonyms: tela, drap

2. garment

   Synonym: vestit

3. clothes

roba

1. inflection of robar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “roba”, 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
• “roba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “roba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “roba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Spanish robar (“to steal”).

• IPA^(key): /roˈba/, [roˈba]
• Hyphenation: ro‧ba

robá

1. to rob; to steal

• IPA^(key): [ˈroba]
• Rhymes: -oba

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orba.

roba f

1. (dialect, Moravia) woman
2. (dialect, Moravia) wife

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

roba m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of rob

• “roba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “roba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• Bartoš, František (1906) “roba”, in Dialektický slovník moravský [Dictionary of Moravian Dialect] (in Czech), Prague: Nákl. České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, page 357

• orba

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.ba/
• Homophones: robas, robât

roba

1. third-person singular past historic of rober

From Vulgar Latin rauba, of Germanic origin, via Gothic or Frankish *raub, all from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Cognate with Sicilian robba, English robe, rob, and reave; and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: rò‧ba

roba f (plural robe)

1. things, stuff
2. goods, property, belongings
3. clothes, gear
4. food, foodstuff, eats, grub
5. (slang) dope, scag

• Non desiderare la roba d'altri

  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's/neighbor's goods

• Orba, baro, baro-, barò, bora, orba

roba

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろば
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロバ

roba m

1. genitive singular of robs

• ·raba

·roba

1. first-person singular perfect prototonic of at·tá

• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Syllabification: ro‧ba

Inherited from Old Polish roba, from Proto-Slavic *orba.

roba f

1. (dialectal) adult woman

   Synonym: kobieta

2. (dialectal) wife

   Synonym: żona

3. (dialectal) disorderly woman
4. (dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) sow

   Synonyms: locha, maciora

5. (obsolete) female slave

   Synonym: niewolnica

Borrowed from French robe.

roba f

1. (sailor slang) attire, clothes, clothing

   Synonyms: (archaic) obleczenie, (archaic) odzienie, odzież, ubiór, ubranie

2. (historical) type of exquisite, ornate gown

   Hypernym: suknia

• roba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “roba”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “roba”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 23

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba.

-roba (infinitive kuroba, perfective (Rwanda) -robye or (Rundi) -rovye)

1. to fish

Borrowed from Italian roba.

• IPA^(key): /rôba/
• Hyphenation: ro‧ba

rȍba f (Cyrillic spelling ро̏ба)

1. merchandise, product, commodity, goods

   Synonym: proizvod

2. (colloquial) clothing, clothes

   Synonyms: odjeća, odeća

• robna kuća

• “roba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

roba

1. inflection of robar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative