riacho

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃riHwós

Proto-Italic *rīwos

Old Latin rīvos

Latin rīvus

Old Galician-Portuguese rio

Portuguese rio

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -āculus

Portuguese -acho

Portuguese riacho

From rio + -acho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [hiˈa.ʃu], /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈhja.ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [hiˈa.ʃu], /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈhja.ʃu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [χiˈa.ʃu], /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈχja.ʃu]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃo/ [hiˈa.ʃo], /ˈʁja.ʃo/ [ˈhja.ʃo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁjat.ʃu/

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• Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: ri‧a‧cho

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

1. diminutive of rio; stream (small river)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

1. stream

Further reading

• “riacho”, 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