robusto

  1. strong, robust, vigorous, sturdy
  2. firmly and boldly

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ro‧bù‧sto
Pronounced as (IPA)
/roˈbus.to/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Doublet of rubesto.

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