orobo

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba ròbò to be fat

Pronunciation

• ɔ̀rɔ̀bɔ̀

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Noun

1. Person wey get body well well.

   • Orobo like you.  — (Fat person like you.)
   • Why be sey lepa dey like friend orbobo.  — (Why do slim people like to date big people?)

2. Someting wey dey make wey big pass anoder one wey de don first make.

   • Abeg no forget to buy dat coke, di orobo for me.  — (Please don't forget to buy the jumbo-sized coke for me.)

Synonyms

• fatibobo

Antonyms

• lepa

Translations

• English: fat, jumbo

Adjective

• Make person get body well well

• All her children dem na orobo.  — NSC_2020, All her children are all fat.)
• I just dey look you as you talk yeye talk sey all di pipo wey be orobo na chopchop dey cause am.  — (NSC_2021, I have been observing you say stupidly that all the people who are big are that way because they eat a lot.)

Antonyms

lepa

Translation

• English: fat