ruar

ruar (first-person singular indicative present ruo, past participle ruáu)

1. to coo (of a dove, to make a sound)

Attested since circa 1750. From rúa (“street”) +‎ ar.

• IPA^(key): /ruˈaɾ/

ruar (first-person singular present rúo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado)
ruar (first-person singular present ruo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to go out for recreation or fun on the streets
2. (intransitive) to wander

• ruada

• rúa

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

ruar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of ruō

• ruad (Föhr-Amrum)
• rüüdj (Mooring)

From Old Frisian rād, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, which see for cognates.

• IPA^(key): [rɔɐ̯]

ruar

1. (Sylt) red

From rua +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ru‧ar

ruar (first-person singular present ruo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado)

1. (intransitive) to go for a walk; to flirt, to stroll (to wander the streets frequently, to walk without direction or time to return)