arroyo

Meaning

Noun

stream, brook, creek (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of arroyar

Concepts

brook

stream

creek

river

roadway

road

🛣️

watercourse

highway

arroyo

path

🛣️

pathway

pit

ditch

route

burn

track

highroad

way

irrigation ditch

course

passage

intermittent river

beck

brooklet

canyon

gutter

high road

lagoon

pavement

rivulet

streamlet

valley

water course

anabranch

Synonyms

río

riachuelo

corriente

calzada

🛣️

flujo

acuaducto

camino

canal

foso

pista

ruta

vía

zanja

acequia

rio

acueducto

rivera

río pequeño

caleta

firme

curso de agua

laguna

ensenada

carretera

🛣️

afluente

torrente

Hyphenated as

a‧rro‧yo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈroʝo/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arrugium, from Latin arrugia (“mineshaft”).

Sentences

El nombre era el plural de "á", que significa " arroyo ".

The name was the plural of “á,” meaning “stream.”