robusto
Italian
Alternative forms
- robustoso (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Doublet of rubesto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈbus.to/
- Rhymes: -usto
- Hyphenation: ro‧bù‧sto
Adjective
robusto (feminine robusta, masculine plural robusti, feminine plural robuste)
Derived terms
Further reading
- robusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
rōbustō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rōbustus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈbus.tu/ [hoˈbus.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoˈbuʃ.tu/ [χoˈbuʃ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈbus.to/ [hoˈbus.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuˈbuʃ.tu/ [ʁuˈβuʃ.tu]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
- Hyphenation: ro‧bus‧to
Adjective
robusto (feminine robusta, masculine plural robustos, feminine plural robustas)
- robust (evincing strength; firmly built)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “robusto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈbusto/ [roˈβ̞us.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -usto
- Syllabification: ro‧bus‧to
Adjective
robusto (feminine robusta, masculine plural robustos, feminine plural robustas)
- robust, sturdy, rugged (evincing strength; firmly built)
- stout, stocky, hardy
- (colloquial) strapping
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “robusto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024