rubio

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Galician

Galician vaca rubia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rubeus. Cognate with Portuguese ruivo and Spanish rubio.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rubio (feminine rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)

  1. red
    • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 185:
      el RRey Faraõ, o que morreu ẽno mar RRubio quando ya pos los judeus
      the Pharaoh king, the one who died at the Red Sea when chasing the Jews
  2. reddish, ginger
  3. dark blond
  4. blushed

Derived terms

Noun

rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)

  1. blond or red person
  2. gurnard (fish)

Derived terms

See also

References

  • “ruvio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “rubio" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “rubio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rubio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rubio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rubeus. Doublet of roya or royo, as well as the borrowing rúbeo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrubjo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ubjo
  • Syllabification: ru‧bio

Adjective

rubio (feminine rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)

  1. blond
    Synonym: blondo (literary)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: rubyo

Noun

rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)

  1. a blond (or blonde) person
  2. gurnard (fish)
    Synonym: trilla

See also

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