río

See also: rio, Rio, RIO, rió, and riò

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• riu
• arriu

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

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “río”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Río Sil (river Sil), Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrio/ [ˈri.ʊ]
• 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

• Entrerríos
• Reibó
• Reibón
• Ribó
• Ribón
• Río
• Riobó
• Rioforcado
• Riolimpo
• Riomaior
• Riomao
• Rioseco
• Riotinto
• Riovello
• Ruibó
• Tarrío

 

See also

• ría

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “río”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “río”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

río

1. first-person singular present indicative of rir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrio/ [ˈri.o]
• 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

• a río revuelto
• a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores
• almeja de río
• andarríos
• brazo de río
• cangrejo de río
• de perdidos al río
• descenso de ríos
• martín del río
• no llegar la sangre al río
• o follamos todos, o la puta al río
• río abajo
• río arriba
• tabla de río

 

Related terms

• ría
• rival

 

Etymology 2

Verb

río

1. first-person singular present indicative of reír

Further reading

• “río”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10