rufo

See also: Rufo

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrufʊ]

Adjective

rufo m (feminine singular rufa, masculine plural rufos, feminine plural rufas)

  1. sound, healthy; lush
    • 1808, anonymous, Un labrador que foi sarxento:
      Si eu fora alá, meus queridos, por esta Cruz volo xuro, con mil cabezas francesas, había de vir, moi rufo; Esto con ser xa tan vello; mais vós, con catro estornudos, non deixarés un Gabacho, si poñedes ben os puntos; Ide á guerra, meus garridos, Dios vos axude, meus rulos, e aquel Patrón das Españas, que ten o pelo moi rubio
      If I go there, my loved ones, I swear by this cross that I will return with a thousand French heads, sound and healthy. And this being myself as old as I am. But you, with just four sneezes, won't leave a Frenchy left, if you put the points correctly. Go to war, my fine youngsters, God help you, my darlings, and that patron of the Spains who is so blonde!
    Synonym: louzán

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rūfus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: rù‧fo

Adjective

rufo (feminine rufa, masculine plural rufi, feminine plural rufe)

  1. reddish

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

rūfō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rūfus

References

  • rufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rufo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • rufo”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Noun

rufo m (plural rufos)

  1. (percussion) roll (the fast, light, uniform beating of a drum)

Verb

rufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rufar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrufo/ [ˈru.fo]
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Syllabification: ru‧fo

Adjective

rufo (feminine rufa, masculine plural rufos, feminine plural rufas)

  1. rufous

Further reading

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