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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roubar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Compare Portuguese roubar, Spanish robar, English rob.
Pronunciation
Verb
roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)
- (transitive) to steal
1385, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 247:Outrosí, os rapases do [... escud]eiros e ofiçiaes rouban e furtan quanto achan nas ortas e nas chousas e leuan os allos e uerças e ortariça sen diñeiros- Also, the servants of squires and officials steal and rob everything they find in the gardens and enclosures, and carry away garlics and greens and vegetables with no money
- (transitive) to rob
- (transitive) to deprive
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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roubar
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| Personal
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roubar
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roubares
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roubar
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roubarmos
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roubardes
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roubarem
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| Gerund
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roubando
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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roubado
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roubados
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| Feminine
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roubada
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roubadas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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roubo
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roubas
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rouba
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roubamos
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roubades, roubais
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roubam
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| Imperfect
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roubava
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roubavas
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roubava
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roubávamos
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roubávades, roubáveis, roubávais1
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roubavam
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| Preterite
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roubei
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roubaste, roubache1
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roubou
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roubamos
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roubastes
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roubárom, roubaram
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| Pluperfect
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roubara
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roubaras
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roubara
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roubáramos
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roubárades, roubáreis, roubárais1
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roubaram
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| Future
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roubarei
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roubarás
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roubará
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roubaremos
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roubaredes, roubareis
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roubarám, roubarão
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| Conditional
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roubaria
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roubarias
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roubaria
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roubaríamos
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roubaríades, roubaríeis, roubaríais1
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roubariam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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roube
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roubes
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roube
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roubemos
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roubedes, roubeis
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roubem
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| Imperfect
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roubasse
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roubasses
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roubasse
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roubássemos
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roubássedes, roubásseis
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roubassem
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| Future
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roubar
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roubares
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roubar
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roubarmos
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roubardes
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roubarem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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rouba
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roube
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roubemos
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roubade, roubai
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roubem
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| Negative (nom)
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nom roubes
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nom roube
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nom roubemos
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nom roubedes, nom roubeis
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nom roubem
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Derived terms
References
- “roubar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “roubar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “roub” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “roubar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “roubar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “roubar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roubar, from Late Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)
- (transitive) to steal (to take illegally or without permission)
Ele roubou uma carteira do bolso de um pedestre.- He stole a wallet from the pocket of a pedestrian.
- (transitive) to rob (to steal objects from a location)
Chegamos de viagem e vimos que roubaram nossa casa.- We arrived from a trip and saw that they had robbed our house.
- (intransitive, or transitive with em) to cheat (to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation)
O cassino expulsou o jogador que estava roubando no pôquer.- The casino expelled the player who was cheating at poker.
- (transitive, figurative) to seduce (someone who is in another relationship)
Esse cara quer roubar minha mulher.- This guy wants to steal my wife.
- (transitive, figurative) to deprive, rob (someone or something) of (its qualities)
O tempo roubara sua beleza.- Time had stolen her beauty.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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