rúa

See also: rua, ruá, rùa, rũa, rủa, rữa, and rửa

Galician
Street sign in Galicia
Rúa do Franco (left) and Rúa do Vilar (right), Santiago de Compostela

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”), probably through Old French rue, or influenced by it.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈru.ɐ]

Noun

rúa f (plural rúas)

  1. street
  2. path in a garden
Derived terms
  • A Rúa de Valdeorras
  • Rúa
  • Rúa Nova
  • Rúa Travesa
  • ruada (“night street feast”)
  • ruavella
  • rueiro (“a group of houses”)
  • Ruela

References
  • “rua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “rua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rúa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

rúa

  1. inflection of ruar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rūga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrua/ [ˈru.a]
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Syllabification: rú‧a

Noun

rúa f (plural rúas)

  1. street

Further reading
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