roubo

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo (13th century), back-formation from roubar.

• rouba

• IPA^(key): [ˈrowβʊ]

roubo m (plural roubos)

1. theft (act of stealing)
2. robbery (the practice of robbing)
3. loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
4. pillage

   Synonyms: botín, prea

   • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 112:

     porla cruel guerra dos normanos, et frandeses et rroubos que moytas vezes faziã entrada porlo mar

     because of the crude war of the Normans and Flemings and pillages that they made entering by the sea many times

• bicha
• bicho
• bichoca

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roubo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roubo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roubo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roubo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roubo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

roubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of roubar

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo, from roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.

• Rhymes: -owbu, -obu
• Hyphenation: rou‧bo

roubo m (plural roubos)

1. theft (act of stealing property)

   Synonyms: assalto, furto

2. (uncountable) robbery (the practice of robbing)
3. (uncountable) loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)

   Synonym: pilhagem

4. (figurative, derogatory) a price which is too expensive; a rip-off

   Antonyms: barganha, pechincha

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -owbu, -obu, -ɔbu
• Hyphenation: rou‧bo

roubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of roubar