roba

See also: robá, robà, robā, robă, robą, róba, róbà, and rōba

Asturian

Verb

roba

1. third-person singular present indicative of robar
2. second-person singular imperative of robar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrɔ.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ba]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz, likely via Gothic. Cognate with English robe and rob, and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).

Noun

roba f (plural robes)

1. fabric, textile
2. garment
3. clothes

Etymology 2

Verb

roba

1. inflection of robar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish robar (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈba/, [roˈba]
• Hyphenation: ro‧ba

Verb

robá

1. to rob; to steal

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for roba

Tense	Infinitive	Past	Present	Future
Zamboanga City conjugation	roba	ya roba	ta roba	ay roba
Cavite conjugation				di roba

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroba]
• Rhymes: -oba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orba.

Noun

roba f

1. (dialect, Moravia) woman
2. (dialect, Moravia) wife

Declension

Declension of roba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	roba	roby
genitive	roby	rob
dative	robě	robám
accusative	robu	roby
vocative	robo	roby
locative	robě	robách
instrumental	robou	robami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roba m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of rob

Further reading

• “roba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “roba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• Bartoš, František (1906) “roba”, in Dialektický slovník moravský [Dictionary of Moravian Dialect] (in Czech), Prague: Nákl. České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, page 357

Anagrams

• orba

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.ba/
• Homophones: robas, robât

Verb

roba

1. third-person singular past historic of rober

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rauba, of Germanic origin, via Gothic or Frankish *raub, all from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Cognate with Sicilian robba, English robe, rob, and reave; and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: rò‧ba

Noun

roba f (plural robe)

1. things, stuff
2. goods, property, belongings
3. clothes, gear
4. food, foodstuff, eats, grub
5. (slang) dope, scag

Quotations

• Non desiderare la roba d'altri

  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's/neighbor's goods

Derived terms

• roba da lavare (“washing”)
• roba da mangiare (“food”)
• roba rubata (“stolen goods”)
• roba da stirare (“ironing”)
• roba usata (“secondhand goods”)
• roba di valore (“valuables”)
• roba da matti (“monkey business”)
• robone

Anagrams

• Orba, baro, baro-, barò, bora, orba

Japanese

Romanization

roba

1. Rōmaji transcription of ろば
2. Rōmaji transcription of ロバ

Latvian

Noun

roba m

1. genitive singular of robs

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·raba

Verb

·roba

1. first-person singular perfect prototonic of at·tá

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ba/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ba/
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ba/

• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Syllabification: ro‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish roba, from Proto-Slavic *orba.

Noun

roba f

1. (dialectal) adult woman

   Synonym: kobieta

2. (dialectal) wife

   Synonym: żona

3. (dialectal) disorderly woman
4. (dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) sow

   Synonyms: locha, maciora

5. (obsolete) female slave

   Synonym: niewolnica

Declension

Declension of roba

	singular	plural
nominative	roba	roby
genitive	roby	rob
dative	robie	robom
accusative	robę	roby
instrumental	robą	robami
locative	robie	robach
vocative	robo	roby

Related terms

adjectives

• roboczy

 

nouns

• rab
• robocizna
• robota

 

verbs

• robić impf

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French robe.

Noun

roba f

1. (sailor slang) attire, clothes, clothing

   Synonyms: (archaic) obleczenie, (archaic) odzienie, odzież, ubiór, ubranie

2. (historical) type of exquisite, ornate gown

   Hypernym: suknia

Declension

Declension of roba

	singular	plural
nominative	roba	roby
genitive	roby	rob
dative	robie	robom
accusative	robę	roby
instrumental	robą	robami
locative	robie	robach
vocative	robo	roby

Further reading

• roba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “roba”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “roba”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 23

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba.

Verb

-roba (infinitive kuroba, perfective (Rwanda) -robye or (Rundi) -rovye)

1. to fish

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian roba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôba/
• Hyphenation: ro‧ba

Noun

rȍba f (Cyrillic spelling ро̏ба)

1. merchandise, product, commodity, goods

   Synonym: proizvod

2. (colloquial) clothing, clothes

   Synonyms: odjeća, odeća

Declension

Declension of roba

	singular	plural
nominative	rȍba	robe
genitive	robe	rȏbā
dative	robi	robama
accusative	robu	robe
vocative	robo	robe
locative	robi	robama
instrumental	robom	robama

Derived terms

• robna kuća

Further reading

• “roba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Verb

roba

1. inflection of robar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative