rufo

See also: Rufo

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufo/ [ˈru.fʊ]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: ru‧fo

Adjective

rufo (feminine rufa, masculine plural rufos, feminine plural rufas)

1. sound, healthy; lush

   Synonym: louzán

   • 1808, anonymous author, Un labrador que foi sarxento:

     Si eu fora alá, meus queridos, por esta Cruz volo xuro, con mil cabezas francesas, había de vir, moi rufo; Esto con ser xa tan vello; mais vós, con catro estornudos, non deixarés un Gabacho, si poñedes ben os puntos; Ide á guerra, meus garridos, Dios vos axude, meus rulos, e aquel Patrón das Españas, que ten o pelo moi rubio

     If I go there, my loved ones, I swear by this cross that I will return with a thousand French heads, sound and healthy. And this being myself as old as I am. But you, with just four sneezes, won't leave a Frenchy left, if you put the points correctly. Go to war, my fine youngsters, God help you, my darlings, and that patron of the Spains who is so blonde!

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “rufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rufo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rufo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rūfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.fo/
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: rù‧fo

Adjective

rufo (feminine rufa, masculine plural rufi, feminine plural rufe)

1. reddish

Anagrams

• fuor, furo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.foː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.fo]

Adjective

rūfō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rūfus

References

• “rufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rufo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “rufo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.fu/ [ˈhu.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.fu/ [ˈhu.fu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.fu/ [ˈχu.fu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.fu/

• Hyphenation: ru‧fo

Etymology 1

Noun

rufo m (plural rufos)

1. (percussion) roll (the fast, light, uniform beating of a drum)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ruff.

Noun

rufo m (plural rufos)

1. ruff (neck garment)

Etymology 3

Verb

rufo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rufar

Further reading

• “rufo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rufo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rūfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufo/ [ˈru.fo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Syllabification: ru‧fo

Adjective

rufo (feminine rufa, masculine plural rufos, feminine plural rufas)

1. rufous

Further reading

• “rufo”, 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