rombo

Ultimately from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrombo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: rom‧bo

rombo (accusative singular rombon, plural romboj, accusative plural rombojn)

1. (geometry) rhombus
2. (card games) the suit of diamonds, marked with the symbol ♦
3. (taxonomy) brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)

   Synonym: rombofiŝo

rombo is sometimes used instead of karoo so that each suit can be abbreviated to a unique letter (p, k, t, or r).

• (card suit): karoo

• IPA^(key): /ˈrom.bo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: róm‧bo

From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos).

rombo m (plural rombi)

1. roar
2. rhombus
3. turbot

• rombare
• rombetto

rombo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rombare

• bromo, morbo, ombro, ombrò

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔmboː]

ròmbo

1. genitive singular of ròmbas (“rhombus”)

• Rhymes: -õbu
• Hyphenation: rom‧bo

From Latin rhombus.

rombo (feminine romba, masculine plural rombos, feminine plural rombas)

1. blunt (having a thick point; not sharp)
2. (figurative) obtuse; blunt (intellectually dull)

   Synonyms: cego, obtuso, burro, bronco, parvo

rombo m (plural rombos)

1. (geometry) rhombus (parallelogram having all sides of equal length)

   Synonym: losango

• rumar

Unknown. Perhaps related to romper (“to breach”).

rombo m (plural rombos)

1. a large hole or gap

   Synonyms: buraco, furo

2. (figurative) gap (lack of something)
3. (figurative) break-in (forceful entry into a place)

   Synonym: arrombamento

• arrombar

Borrowed from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “to turn around”). It forms a doublet with inherited rumbo and romo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrombo/ [ˈrõm.bo]
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: rom‧bo

rombo m (plural rombos)

1. (geometry) rhombus
2. brill

   Synonym: rémol

• “rombo”, 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