rabo

Amanab

Noun

rabo

1. white paint

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish rabo (“tail”), from Old Spanish rabo, from Latin rāpum (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrabo/, [ˈra.bo]
• Hyphenation: ra‧bo

Noun

rabo

1. tail

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrabo]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: ra‧bo

Noun

rabo (accusative singular rabon, plural raboj, accusative plural rabojn)

1. an act of robbery

Related terms

• rabi (“to rob”)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rabo, probably from Latin rāpum (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrabo/ [ˈra.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: ra‧bo

Noun

rabo m (plural rabos)

1. tail

   Synonym: cola

2. shaft; handle

   Synonym: mango

3. (botany) peduncle

Derived terms

• rabo de carneiro
• rabuxa

Related terms

• raba
• rabada
• rabeira
• rabela
• rabiza
• rabón

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rabo” 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), “rabo”, 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), “rabo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rabo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rabot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣabo/

Noun

rabo

1. plane (tool)

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rabo, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu/ [ˈha.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu/ [ˈha.bu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu/ [ˈχa.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bo/ [ˈha.bo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu/ [ˈʁa.βu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈɦa.bu]
• Rhymes: -abu
• Hyphenation: ra‧bo

Noun

rabo m (plural rabos)

1. tail

   Synonym: cauda

2. (Portugal, colloquial) ass, buttocks

   Synonyms: nádega, (Portugal, vulgar) cu

3. (Brazil, colloquial, vulgar) arsehole, asshole; anus

   Synonyms: ânus, (Brazil) cu

Derived terms

• arranca-rabo
• de cabo a rabo
• deixar rabo
• encher o rabo
• fogo no rabo
• rabinho
• rabiola
• rabo de galo
• rabo de olho
• rabo-de-cavalo
• rabo-de-saia
• saca-rabo

 

Related terms

• enrabar
• rabada
• rabadela
• rabadilha
• rabeira
• rabelo
• rabicho
• rabilongo
• rabiosque
• rabiote
• rabisco
• rabuda
• rabudo
• raposa

 

Descendants

• → Saramaccan: lábu

Further reading

• “rabo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rabo, from Latin rāpum (“turnip”), from Proto-Indo-European *rap-. Cognate with English rape as in rapeseed the plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrabo/ [ˈra.β̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: ra‧bo

Noun

rabo m (plural rabos)

1. tail

   Synonym: cola

2. (botany) peduncle

   Synonyms: pedúnculo, rabillo

3. (slang, Spain) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (slang, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) buttocks

Derived terms

• cómeme el rabo
• con el rabo entre las piernas
• con el rabo entre piernas
• de cabo a rabo
• hasta el rabo, todo es toro
• rabear
• rabihorcado
• rabo de gato
• rabo de lagartija
• rabo pelado
• rabo verde
• rabón
• raposo
• taparrabos

 

Further reading

• “rabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• abro
• obra
• roba