rúgbi

See also: rugbi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

râguebi (Portugal)
rugby (unadapted form, proscribed)

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁuɡ.bi/ [ˈhuɡ.bi], /ˈʁu.ɡi.bi/ [ˈhu.ɡi.bi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁuɡ.bi/ [ˈχuɡ.bi], /ˈʁu.ɡi.bi/ [ˈχu.ɡi.bi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁuɡ.bi/ [ˈhuɡ.bi]

Hyphenation: rúg‧bi

Noun

rúgbi m (uncountable) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

rugby

Further reading

“rúgbi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“rúgbi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026