roubar

Galician

Alternative forms

• arroubar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roubar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Compare Portuguese roubar, Spanish robar, English rob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rowˈbaɾ/ [rowˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: rou‧bar

Verb

roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)

1. (transitive) to steal
   • 1385, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 247:

     Outrosí, os rapases do [... escud]eiros e ofiçiaes rouban e furtan quanto achan nas ortas e nas chousas e leuan os allos e uerças e ortariça sen diñeiros

     Also, the servants of squires and officials steal and rob everything they find in the gardens and enclosures, and carry away garlics and greens and vegetables with no money

2. (transitive) to rob
3. (transitive) to deprive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of roubar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	roubar
Personal	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubaren
Gerund
	roubando
Past participle
Masculine	roubado			roubados
Feminine	roubada			roubadas
Indicative
Present	roubo	roubas	rouba	roubamos	roubades	rouban
Imperfect	roubaba	roubabas	roubaba	roubabamos	roubabades	roubaban
Preterite	roubei	roubaches	roubou	roubamos	roubastes	roubaron
Pluperfect	roubara	roubaras	roubara	roubaramos	roubarades	roubaran
Future	roubarei	roubarás	roubará	roubaremos	roubaredes	roubarán
Conditional	roubaría	roubarías	roubaría	roubariamos	roubariades	roubarían
Subjunctive
Present	roube	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubedes	rouben
Imperfect	roubase	roubases	roubase	roubásemos	roubásedes	roubasen
Future	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubaren
Imperative
Affirmative		rouba	roube	roubemos	roubade	rouben
Negative (non)		non roubes	non roube	non roubemos	non roubedes	non rouben

    Reintegrated conjugation of roubar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	roubar
Personal	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Gerund
	roubando
Past participle
Masculine	roubado			roubados
Feminine	roubada			roubadas
Indicative
Present	roubo	roubas	rouba	roubamos	roubades, roubais	roubam
Imperfect	roubava	roubavas	roubava	roubávamos	roubávades, roubáveis, roubávais1	roubavam
Preterite	roubei	roubaste, roubache1	roubou	roubamos	roubastes	roubárom, roubaram
Pluperfect	roubara	roubaras	roubara	roubáramos	roubárades, roubáreis, roubárais1	roubaram
Future	roubarei	roubarás	roubará	roubaremos	roubaredes, roubareis	roubarám, roubarão
Conditional	roubaria	roubarias	roubaria	roubaríamos	roubaríades, roubaríeis, roubaríais1	roubariam
Subjunctive
Present	roube	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubedes, roubeis	roubem
Imperfect	roubasse	roubasses	roubasse	roubássemos	roubássedes, roubásseis	roubassem
Future	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rouba	roube	roubemos	roubade, roubai	roubem
Negative (nom)		nom roubes	nom roube	nom roubemos	nom roubedes, nom roubeis	nom roubem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• roubo

References

• “roubar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “roubar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “roubar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “roub”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roubar”, 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), “roubar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roubar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roubar, from Late Latin raubāre, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ʁ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ʁ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ɾ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ʁ)/ [χo(ʊ̯)ˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈba(ɻ)/ [ho(ʊ̯)ˈba(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈbaɾ/ [ʁo(w)ˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁo(w)ˈbaɾ/ [ʁo(w)ˈβaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁowˈbaɾ/ [ʁowˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈba.ɾi/ [ʁoˈβa.ɾi], /ʁɔˈba.ɾi/ [ʁɔˈβa.ɾi]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: rou‧bar

Verb

roubar (first-person singular present roubo, first-person singular preterite roubei, past participle roubado)

1. (transitive) to steal (to take illegally or without permission)

   Ele roubou uma carteira do bolso de um pedestre.

   He stole a wallet out of a pedestrian's pocket.

2. (transitive) to rob (to steal objects from a location)

   Chegamos de viagem e vimos que roubaram nossa casa.

   We arrived from a trip and saw that someone robbed our house.

3. (intransitive) to cheat (to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation) [with em ‘at something’]

   O cassino expulsou o jogador que estava roubando no pôquer.

   The casino expelled the player who was cheating at poker.

4. (transitive, figurative) to seduce (someone who is in another relationship)

   Esse cara quer roubar minha mulher.

   This guy wants to steal my wife.

5. (transitive, figurative) to deprive, rob (someone or something) of (its qualities)

   O tempo roubara sua beleza.

   Time had stolen her beauty.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of roubar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	roubar
Personal	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Gerund
	roubando
Past participle
Masculine	roubado			roubados
Feminine	roubada			roubadas
Indicative
Present	roubo	roubas	rouba	roubamos	roubais	roubam
Imperfect	roubava	roubavas	roubava	roubávamos	roubáveis	roubavam
Preterite	roubei	roubaste	roubou	roubamos1, roubámos2	roubastes	roubaram
Pluperfect	roubara	roubaras	roubara	roubáramos	roubáreis	roubaram
Future	roubarei	roubarás	roubará	roubaremos	roubareis	roubarão
Conditional	roubaria	roubarias	roubaria	roubaríamos	roubaríeis	roubariam
Subjunctive
Present	roube	roubes	roube	roubemos	roubeis	roubem
Imperfect	roubasse	roubasses	roubasse	roubássemos	roubásseis	roubassem
Future	roubar	roubares	roubar	roubarmos	roubardes	roubarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rouba	roube	roubemos	roubai	roubem
Negative (não)		não roubes	não roube	não roubemos	não roubeis	não roubem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• (to steal): afanar, apropriar-se de, escamotear, furtar, larapiar, surripiar
• (to cheat): trapacear
• (to seduce): seduzir
• (to deprive of qualities): tirar

Derived terms

• rouba-monte
• arroubar

Related terms

• roubada
• roubado
• roubador
• roubalheira
• roubo

Further reading

• “roubar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “roubar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025