ropa

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ropa f (plural ropas)

1. clothes

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ropa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

ropa f (plural ropes)

1. clothes

Borrowed from Spanish ropa.

ropa

1. clothes, clothing

Inherited from Spanish ropa (“clothes”), from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈropa/, [ˈro.pa]
• Hyphenation: ro‧pa

ropa

1. clothes

 

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

ropa

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Not generally used until the Second World War;^[1] borrowed from Polish ropa, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ropa with unclear origins.^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈropa]

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ropa f

1. petroleum (crude)

   těžit ropu ― to drill for oil

• nafta f

• “ropa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ropa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ropa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Of imitative origin, similar to Danish ræbe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoːʰpa/
• Rhymes: -oːʰpa

ropa (third person singular past indicative ropaði, third person plural past indicative ropaðu, supine ropað)

1. to belch, burp

• rop
• ropi

• Rhymes: -ɔːpa

From *ruppōną. Of imitative origin, similar to Danish ræbe.

ropa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ropaði, supine ropað)

1. to belch, burp

• ropi

ropa

1. indefinite accusative singular of ropi
2. indefinite dative singular of ropi
3. indefinite genitive singular of ropi
4. indefinite accusative plural of ropi
5. indefinite genitive plural of ropi

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾˠɔpˠə]

ropa

1. genitive singular of rop

ropa

1. present subjunctive analytic of rop

• ropene

ropa n

1. definite plural of rop

Inherited from Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

• rope (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²rupːa/

ropa (imperative rop, present tense ropar or roper, simple past ropa or ropte, past participle ropa or ropt, present participle ropande)

1. to shout

   Musikken var så høg at me måtte ropa for å høyra kvarandre.

   The music was so loud we had to shout to hear each other.

ropa n

1. definite plural of rop

• “ropa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

rōpa

1. to shout, to call
2. to accuse

• Swedish: ropa

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

ropa

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ropa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: ro‧pa

ropa f

1. (pathology) pus
2. (informal) sleepy dust
3. crude oil, petroleum

   Synonym: ropa naftowa

4. (informal) diesel oil

   Synonym: olej napędowy

5. (colloquial) unattractive woman

• ropa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ropa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

ropa class 5

1. blood

   Synonym: gazi

 

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

ropa

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From Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 (*raupa), from 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan), from Proto-Germanic *raupijaną. Cognates include Portuguese roupa. Compare also English robe, Italian roba, French robe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈropa/ [ˈro.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: ro‧pa

ropa f (plural ropas)

1. garment, clothing, clothes, robes

   Synonym: indumentaria

   Me gustan estas ropas.

   I like these clothes.

Ropa is a false friend, and does not mean rope. The Spanish word for rope is cuerda or soga.

• prenda

• “ropa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• paro
• proa
• rapo

From Old Swedish rōpa, from Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną. Cognate with Faroese rópa, Icelandic hrópa, Danish råbe, Norwegian rope.

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ropa (present ropar, preterite ropade, supine ropat, imperative ropa)

1. to call, to shout

   ropa på hjälp

   call for help

   ropa på någon

   call for someone (to summon them or attract their attention)

   "Hallå, ni där borta", ropade han

   "Hey, you over there," he shouted

   • 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎^[1]:

     Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!

     But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the depths of the sea it comes, and it sounds like so: Hey ho! Hey ho!

• skrika (“scream”)

• ropa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ropa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ropa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ropa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• apor, prao