rubo

See also: rubò

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English rubbish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: ru‧bo

Noun

rubo (accusative singular rubon, plural ruboj, accusative plural rubojn)

1. rubble, debris, detritus
2. rubbish, trash, waste

Synonyms

• (rubble): ŝtonetaro
• (trash): forĵetaĵo

Derived terms

• rubujo

Galician

Verb

rubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rubir

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.bo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: rù‧bo

Verb

rubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rubare

Latin

Noun

rubō

1. dative/ablative singular of rubus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rubus, from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrubo/ [ˈru.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: ru‧bo

Noun

rubo m (plural rubos)

1. (obsolete) blackberry bush

   Synonym: zarza

2. (obsolete) bramble (thorny shrub)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “rubeta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 80

Further reading

• “rubo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014