río

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See also: rio, Rio, RIO, rió, and riò

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (brook, small stream)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification: rí‧o

Noun

río m (plural ríos)

  1. river

References

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl
Río Sil (river Sil), Galicia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: río

Etymology 1

    From Old Galician-Portuguese rio, from Vulgar Latin rius (river), from Latin rīvus (brook, small stream).

    Alternative forms

    • rio (Reintegrationist)

    Noun

    río m (plural ríos)

    1. river
    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    río

    1. first-person singular present indicative of rir

    Spanish

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    Wikipedia es

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrio/
    • Rhymes: -io
    • Syllabification: rí‧o

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin rius (river), from Latin rīvus (brook, small stream), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (to flow; to move, set in motion) + *-wós.

    Noun

    río m (plural ríos)

    1. river
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    río

    1. first-person singular present indicative of reír

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