# roba
## Asturian
### Verb

roba
* third-person singular present indicative of robar
* second-person singular imperative of robar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈrɔ.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈrɔ.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ba]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Homophone: rova

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz, likely via Gothic. Cognate with English robe and rob, and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”), Sicilian robba.

#### Noun

roba f (plural robes)
* fabric, textile
    Synonyms: tela, drap
* garment
    Synonym: vestit
* clothes

##### Derived terms

* roba blanca
* roba interior

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

roba
* inflection of robar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “roba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “roba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “roba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “roba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish robar (“to steal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /roˈba/, [roˈba]
* Hyphenation: ro‧ba

### Verb

robá
* to rob; to steal

#### Conjugation
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈroba]
* Rhymes: -oba

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orba.

#### Noun

roba f
* (dialect, Moravia) woman
* (dialect, Moravia) wife

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

roba m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of rob

### Further reading

* “roba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “roba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* Bartoš, František (1906) “roba”, in Dialektický slovník moravský [Dictionary of Moravian Dialect] (in Czech), Prague: Nákl. České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, page 357

### Anagrams

* orba

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɔ.ba/
* Homophones: robas, robât

### Verb

roba
* third-person singular past historic of rober

## Italian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rauba, of Germanic origin, via Gothic or Frankish *raub, all from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.
Cognate with Sicilian robba, English robe, rob, and reave; and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.ba/
* Rhymes: -ɔba
* Hyphenation: rò‧ba

### Noun

roba f (plural robe)
* things, stuff
* goods, property, belongings
* clothes, gear
* food, foodstuff, eats, grub
* (slang) dope, scag

#### Quotations

* Non desiderare la roba d'altriThou shalt not covet thy neighbour's/neighbor's goods

#### Derived terms

* roba da lavare (“washing”)
* roba da mangiare (“food”)
* roba rubata (“stolen goods”)
* roba da stirare (“ironing”)
* roba usata (“secondhand goods”)
* roba di valore (“valuables”)
* roba da matti (“monkey business”)
* robone

### Anagrams

* Orba, baro, baro-, barò, bora, orba

## Japanese
### Romanization

roba
* Rōmaji transcription of ろば
* Rōmaji transcription of ロバ

## Latvian
### Noun

roba m
* genitive singular of robs

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* ·raba

### Verb

·roba
* first-person singular perfect prototonic of at·tá

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.ba/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈrɔ.ba/
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈrɔ.ba/
* Rhymes: -ɔba
* Syllabification: ro‧ba

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish roba, from Proto-Slavic *orba.

#### Noun

roba f
* (dialectal) adult woman
    Synonym: kobieta
* (dialectal) wife
    Synonym: żona
* (dialectal) disorderly woman
* (dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) sow
    Synonyms: locha, maciora
* (obsolete) female slave
    Synonym: niewolnica

##### Related terms

* roboczy
* rab
* robocizna
* robota
* robić impf

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French robe.

#### Noun

roba f
* (sailor slang) attire, clothes, clothing
    Synonyms: (archaic) obleczenie, (archaic) odzienie, odzież, ubiór, ubranie
* (historical) type of exquisite, ornate gown
    Hypernym: suknia

##### Declension
### Further reading

* roba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “roba”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “roba”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 23

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba.

### Verb

-roba (infinitive kuroba, perfective (Rwanda) -robye or (Rundi) -rovye)
* to fish

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian roba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rôba/
* Hyphenation: ro‧ba

### Noun

rȍba f (Cyrillic spelling ро̏ба)
* merchandise, product, commodity, goods
    Synonym: proizvod
* (colloquial) clothing, clothes
    Synonyms: odjeća, odeća

#### Derived terms

* robna kuća

### Further reading

* “roba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Verb

roba
* inflection of robar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative