rio

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine) river (a large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea)
2. (figuratively, masculine) a large amount of anything

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of rir

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rir

1. (pronominal) to laugh (to express mirth or derision by emitting chuckling sounds)
2. (pronominal) to laugh at; to make fun of (to make an object of ridicule)
3. (intransitive, poetic) to laugh (to be or appear mirthful)

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Concepts

rivière

fleuve

ruisseau

torrent

cours d’eau

affluent

riviere

Synonymes

riacho

córrego

afluente

curso de água

rios

Traductions

river

río

rivier

Fluss

fiume

riu

fluvius

stroom

nehir

ırmak

ποταμός

flumen

çem

ποτάμι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʁi.u/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de latin: rīvus

Appartenant à galicien: río

Appartenant à espagnol: río

Appartenant à catalan: riu

Appartenant à occitan: riu

Appartenant à français: ru

Appartenant à italien: rio

Appartenant à roumain: râu

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rio (“river”), from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“a small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move or set in motion”) and *-wós.
Cognate with Galician río, Spanish río, Catalan riu, Occitan riu, French ru, Italian rio, rivo and Romanian râu.

Phrases

Dê uma olhada no diário flutuante em um rio largo .

Take a look at the floating diary on a wide river.

Os meninos estão escalando postes de madeira em um rio sujo .

Les garçons grimpent des poteaux en bois dans une rivière sale.