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

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)

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

Conjugation of ruar (u becomes ú when stressed)

| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | ruar | | | | | | | Personal | ruar | ruares | ruar | ruarmos | ruardes | ruarem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | ruando | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | ruado | ruados | | | | | | Feminine | ruada | ruadas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | ruo | ruas | rua | ruamos | ruades, ruais | ruam | | Imperfect | ruava | ruavas | ruava | ruávamos | ruávades, ruáveis, _ruávais_1 | ruavam | | Preterite | ruei | ruaste, _ruache_1 | ruou | ruamos | ruastes | ruárom, ruaram | | Pluperfect | ruara | ruaras | ruara | ruáramos | ruárades, ruáreis, _ruárais_1 | ruaram | | Future | ruarei | ruarás | ruará | ruaremos | ruaredes, ruareis | ruarám, ruarão | | Conditional | ruaria | ruarias | ruaria | ruaríamos | ruaríades, ruaríeis, ruaríais1 | ruariam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | rue | rues | rue | ruemos | ruedes, rueis | ruem | | Imperfect | ruasse | ruasses | ruasse | ruássemos | ruássedes, ruásseis | ruassem | | Future | ruar | ruares | ruar | ruarmos | ruardes | ruarem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | rua | rue | ruemos | ruade, ruai | ruem | | Negative (nom) | nom rues | nom rue | nom ruemos | nom ruedes, nom rueis | nom ruem | |

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 (in Galician), 2014–2026
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

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

(Sylt) red

Inflection of ruar (Sylt dialect)

| | singular | plural | | | | ----------------------- | ----------- | ------ | -------- | | indefinite | definite | | | | positive | | | | | predicative / adverbial | ruar | | | | attributive | | | | | independent | ruaren | ruar | ruaren | | partitive | ruars | — | | | comparative | | | | | predicative / adverbial | ruarer | | | | attributive | | | | | independent | ruareren | ruarer | ruareren | | partitive | ruarers | — | | | superlative | | | | | predicative / adverbial | am ruarsten | | | | attributive | ruarst | | | | independent | — | ruarst | ruarsten |

From rua +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [hʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈhwa(h)]
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [hʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈhwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁuˈa(ɾ)/ [hʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ɾ)/ [ˈhwa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [χʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈχwa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʁuˈa(ɻ)/ [hʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ɻ)/ [ˈhwa(ɻ)]
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁwaɾ/
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁwaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁwa.ɾi/
Hyphenation: ru‧ar

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

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

From rúa +‎ -ar.

IPA(key): /ˈrwaɾ/ [ˈrwaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ruar

ruar

to roam; to wander; to gallivant

“ruar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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