Portuguese

Verb

roubar ‎(first-person singular present indicative roubo, past participle roubado)

1. (transitive) to steal (to take illegally or without permission)

   Ele roubou uma carteira do bolso de um pedestre.‎

   He stole a wallet from the pocket of a pedestrian.

2. (transitive) to rob (to steal objects from a location)

   Chegamos de viagem e vimos que roubaram nossa casa.‎

   We arrived from a trip and saw that they had robbed our house.

3. (intransitive, or transitive with em) to cheat (to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation)

   O cassino expulsou o jogador que estava roubando no pôquer.‎

   The casino expelled the player who was cheating at poker.

4. (transitive, figuratively) to seduce (someone who is in another relationship)

   Esse cara quer roubar minha mulher.‎

   This guy wants to steal my wife.

5. (transitive, figuratively) to deprive, rob (someone or something) of (its qualities)

   O tempo roubara sua beleza.‎

   Time had stolen her beauty.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to steal): afanar, apropriar-se de, escamotear, furtar, larapiar, surripiar
• (to cheat): trapacear
• (to seduce): seduzir
• (to deprive of qualities): tirar

Derived terms

• rouba-monte

Related terms

• roubada
• roubado
• roubador
• roubalheira
• roubo