roubo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) theft (act of stealing property)
2. (masculine, uncountable) robbery (the practice of robbing)
3. (masculine, uncountable) loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
4. (derogatory, figuratively, masculine) a price which is too expensive; a rip-off

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of roubar

roubar

1. (transitive) to steal (to take illegally or without permission)
2. (transitive) to rob (to steal objects from a location)
3. (intransitive) to cheat (to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation)
4. (figuratively, transitive) to seduce (someone who is in another relationship)
5. (figuratively, transitive) to deprive, rob (someone or something) of (its qualities)

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Concepts

theft

robbery

larceny

despoilment

heist

despoliation

loot

plunder

rip-off

spoliation

steal

stealing

thievery

thieving

highjack

looting

peculation

pilferage

pillage

spoilation

prize

praedial larceny

burglary

shoplifting

spoil

despoilation

Empty Quiver

thiefdom

swag

break-in

purloinment

calypsis

breaking and entering

daylight robbery

dirty money

divestiture

embezzlement

estrangement

booty

hijack

job

caper

Opposite of

barganha, pechincha

Synonyms

furto

saque

pilhagem

espoliação

assalto

rapto

roubar

rapina

fraude

botim

espólio

facada

roubo predial

Translations

robo

vol

✈️

Diebstahl

furto

Raub

diefstal

robatori

سرقة

hurto

roof

soygun

ruberia

hırsızlık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁo(w).bu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo, from roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.