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/
• Syllabification: rí‧o
• Rhymes: -io

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃riHwós

Proto-Italic *rīwos

Old Latin rīvos

Classical Latin rīvus

Late Latin rīus

Old Spanish rio

Spanish río

Inherited from Old Spanish rio, from Late Latin rīus (“river”), from Classical Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”).

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025