guarda-rios

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/ , /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁi.us/ , /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁiws/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.uʃ/ , /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiwʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɻ.daˈʁi.us/ , /ˌɡwaɻ.daˈʁiws/

  • Hyphenation: guar‧da‧ri‧os

Noun

guarda-rios m (invariable)

  1. kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)
    Synonyms: martim-pescador, pica-peixe