rio

Meaning

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

river

stream

brook

rivers

surface water

tributaries

valley

underbridge

overbridge

brooks

rapids

streams

Synonyms

riacho

córrego

afluente

curso de água

rios

Translations

río

rivier

fiume

rivière

Fluss

fleuve

riu

fluvius

stroom

nehir

ırmak

ποταμός

flumen

çem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁi.u/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: rīvus

Cognate with Galician: río

Cognate with Spanish: río

Cognate with Catalan: riu

Cognate with Occitan: riu

Cognate with French: ru

Cognate with Italian: rio

Cognate with Romanian: 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.

Sentences

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 .

The boys are climbing wooden poles in a dirty river.