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rio.

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)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʁi.u/Brazil[ˈhi.u]Brazil/ˈʁiw/Brazil[ˈhiʊ̯]Brazil
  1. 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)

    masculine
  2. a large amount of anything

    figuratively · masculine
    Ganhamos um rio de dinheiro.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈʁi.u/Brazil[ˈhi.u]Brazil/ˈʁiw/Brazil[ˈhiʊ̯]Brazil
  1. first-person singular present indicative of rir

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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