ruibarbo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rhuibarbo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reubarbe, from Late Latin reubarbarum, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɦ.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɦ.bu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɾ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɾ.bu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [χuɪ̯ˈbaʁ.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɻ.bo/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɻ.bo]

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

• Rhymes: -aɾbu
• Hyphenation: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

1. rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)

Derived terms

• ruibarbo-da-china
• ruibarbo-do-campo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rwiˈbaɾbo/ [rwiˈβ̞aɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾbo
• Syllabification: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

1. rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)

   Synonym: pangue

Derived terms

• ruibarbo de ciénaga
• ruibarbo de los pobres
• ruibarbo gigante

 

Further reading

• “ruibarbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10