ribeira

See also: Ribeira

Galician

A Ribeira Sacra

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Portuguese ribeira, Spanish ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈβejɾa̝/

Noun

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

1. bank

   Synonym: riba

2. shore

   Synonyms: beiramar, costa

Derived terms

• Ribeira
• Ribeiriña
• Ribeiroa

Related terms

• arriba
• riba

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ribeira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “ribeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Spanish ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ˈβɐj.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: ri‧bei‧ra

Noun

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

1. bank (of a river)
2. watering, irrigation
3. stream, rivulet
4. (Brazil) stock breeding area

Related terms

• ribeiro
• riba
• arriba
• ripário