río

See also: rio, Rio, RIO, rió, riò, and ri'o

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese rio, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”).

Noun

río m (plural ríos)

  1. river

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈri.o̞]

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Verb

río

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of reír.
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