ruzo

From ruza +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -uzo
• Hyphenation: ru‧zo

ruzo (accusative singular ruzon, plural ruzoj, accusative plural ruzojn)

1. trick, ruse

• ruço (reintegrationist)

Attested since the 14th century (ruçio). Probably from Latin rōscidus.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese ruço and Spanish rucio.

• IPA^(key): , (western)

ruzo (feminine ruza, masculine plural ruzos, feminine plural ruzas)

1. grey

   Synonym: gris

   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     mando a Sueyro eans de parada meu cuyrmao o meu cauallo ruço enfreado et ensellado da sella laurada

     I bequeath to Sueiro Eans de Parada, my cousin, my grey horse, bridled and saddled with a carved saddle

   • 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     é á sensia deles he tanta / como á do teu faco ruso;

     and their intelligence is / as much as that of your grey hack

2. hoary

   Synonym: cano

3. grey-eyed

   Ti es ruzo ou garzo? ― Are you grey- or blue-eyed?

4. reddish-brown, bay

   Synonym: baio

ruzo m (plural ruzos)

1. trompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ruçio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ruç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruso”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “ruzo”, 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), “ruzo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “ruzo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024