roxo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese roxo (“dark red”), from Latin russeus (“dark red”), from russus (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroʃo̝/

Adjective

roxo (feminine roxa, masculine plural roxos, feminine plural roxas)

1. reddish-brown, golden (colour)
   • 1326, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 64:

     Et vendemusuos o dito casal et herdade con pobrança de çinquo armentios, conuen a saber: huun boy ruuyo et outro boy amarello ruuyo, et huna vaca laura roxa et outra ruuya ruuyalua roxa, et outra sua filia de tal collor

     We sell you the aforementioned farm and property populated by five heads of cattle, which are: a reddish ox and another yellow reddish ox, and a dark red cow and another one reddish red, and her daughter of the same color

   Synonym: rubio

2. very hot

Noun

roxo m (plural roxos, feminine roxa, feminine plural roxas)

1. red haired person

Derived terms

• Roxo

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roxo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roxa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roxo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

roxo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roxo (“dark red”), from Latin russeus (“dark red”), from russus (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Cognate with Galician roxo (“reddish-brown”), Spanish rojo (“red”), Catalan ros (“blond”), Occitan ros (“russet”), French roux (“russet”), Italian rosso (“red”) and Romanian roșu (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʀoʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈroʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʃʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃu/

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Adjective

1. having purple as its color
2. being bruised
3. (figuratively) Overcome with envy.

   ele está roxo de inveja (in free translation, he is green with envy)

Noun

roxo m (plural s)

1. purple (colour)

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque