roubo
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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo (13th century), back-formation from roubar.
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Pronunciation
Noun
roubo m (plural roubos)
- theft (act of stealing)
- robbery (the practice of robbing)
- loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
- pillage
- 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
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References
- 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
Etymology 2
Verb
roubo
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo, from roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.
Pronunciation
Noun
roubo m (plural roubos)
- theft (act of stealing property)
- (uncountable) robbery (the practice of robbing)
- (uncountable) loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
- Synonym: pilhagem
- (figurative, derogatory) a price which is too expensive; a rip-off
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Etymology 2
Verb
roubo