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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈroʝa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈroʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈroʒa/
- Rhymes: -oʝa
- Syllabification: ro‧ya
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aragonese roya, feminine of royo, from Latin rubeus. Doublet of rubio.
Noun
roya f (uncountable)
- Plant rust or blight
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
roya
- inflection of roer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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