roubo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁo(w).bu/
roubo is spelled R-O-U-B-O (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roubo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “theft (act of stealing property)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of roubar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de subtrair coisa móvel alheia mediante violência ou grave ameaça a pessoa, ou depois de…”.
What does roubo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetheft (act of stealing property)
- 2
masculinerobbery (the practice of robbing)
- 3
masculineloot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)
- 4
derogatorymasculinea price which is too expensive; a rip-off
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of roubar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de subtrair coisa móvel alheia mediante violência ou grave ameaça a pessoa, ou depois de havê-la, por qualquer meio, reduzido à impossibilidade de resistência 2. aquilo que se rouba 3. preço abusivamente alto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of roubo
- roubos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roubo?
- Brazil /ˈʁo(w).bu/
- Brazil [ˈho(ʊ̯).bu]
- /ˈʁo(w).bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roubo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roubo in Portuguese?
roubo appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).