rubio
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
roibo, rubeo
=== Etymology ===
From Latin rubeus. Cognate with Portuguese ruivo and Spanish rubio.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈrubjo/ [ˈru.β̞jʊ]
Rhymes: -ubjo
Hyphenation: ru‧bio
=== Adjective ===
rubio (feminine rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)
red
c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 185:
reddish, ginger
dark blond
blushed
==== Derived terms ====
vaca rubia
=== Noun ===
rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)
blond or red person
gurnard (fish)
==== Derived terms ====
Rubio
=== See also ===
louro
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ruvio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“rubio" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rubio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rubio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rubio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin rubeus. Doublet of roya or royo, as well as the borrowing rúbeo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈrubjo/ [ˈru.β̞jo]
Rhymes: -ubjo
Syllabification: ru‧bio
=== Adjective ===
rubio (feminine rubia, masculine plural rubios, feminine plural rubias)
blond
Synonym: blondo (literary)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Tagalog: rubyo
=== Noun ===
rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)
a blond (or blonde) person
gurnard (fish)
Synonym: trilla
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“rubio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025