roxo

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. reddish-brown, golden (colour)

Etymology

From Old 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

• (Portuguese standard) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃu/
• (some Portuguese speakers) IPA^(key): /ˈʀoʃu/
• (Uruguay's Riverense Portuñol, Far Southern Brazil, few rural Portuguese) IPA^(key): /ˈroʃu/
• (Minas Gerais, Northern and Northeastern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʃu/
• (Caipira, Center-Western Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʃʊ/
• (Southern Brazil, paulistano) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃʊ/
• (Brazilian fluminense, capixaba, brasiliense) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃu/

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Adjective

roxo m (feminine singular roxa, masculine plural roxos, feminine plural roxas, comparable)

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 roxos)

1. purple (colour)

See also