guarda-rios

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.uʃ/ [ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈχi.uʃ], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiwʃ/ [ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈχiʊ̯ʃ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɻ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɻ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaɻ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɻ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.daˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɦ.daˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaʁ.daˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɦ.daˈhiʊ̯s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁi.uʃ/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ðɐˈʁi.uʃ]

• Hyphenation: guar‧da‧ri‧os

Noun

guarda-rios m (invariable)

1. kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)

   Synonyms: martim-pescador, pica-peixe

Further reading

• “guarda-rios”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “guarda-rios”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026