rio

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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

rio (plural rios or rio)

1. Alternative form of riyō (“Japanese ounce”)

Etymology 2

Noun

rio (uncountable)

1. A grade of Spanish saffron, in quality below mancha and coupé but above standard and sierra.

Anagrams

• OIr, Ori, ROI, RoI, Roi

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'Are'are

Verb

rio

1. to look

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós. Doublet of rivo.

Noun

rio m (plural rii)

1. brook, stream, streamlet
2. (in Venice) A stretch of urban canal

Synonyms

• ruscello

Related terms

• rivo

Etymology 2

From Latin reus. Compare Romanian rău (“bad”), Dalmatian ri (“bad”). Doublet of the borrowed Italian reo.

Adjective

1. captive, hostile
2. (obsolete) guilty
3. (obsolete) wicked
   • 1724, George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare (librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym)

     Piangerò la sorte mia, sì crudele e tanto ria.

     I shall lament my fate, so cruel and so wicked.

   • 1839, Gaetano Donizetti, Roberto Devereux (librettist: Salvadore Cammarano)

     Delitto sì rio, clemenza non merta.

     A crime so wicked, it does not merit clemency.

Anagrams

• ori

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus.

Noun

1. lake

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish réud.

Noun

rio m (genitive singular rioee, plural rioghyn)

1. frost

   Bee rio ayn noght. ― It will freeze tonight.

2. ice

   T'ou shooyl er rio thanney. ― You are walking on thin ice.

Verb

rio (verbal noun riojey, past participle riojit)

1. freeze
2. ice up

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“a small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.o/

Noun

rio m

1. river
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 142 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria quis gua[r]dar de morte un ome dun Rei que ent(ra)ra […] en un Rio.

     How Holy Mary saved from death one of the king's men who had entered a river

Synonyms

• frume

Descendants

• Fala: riu
• Galician: río
• Portuguese: rio

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Portuguese

rio Tejo (Tagus river)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese rio (“river”), from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“a small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

Cognate with Galician río, Spanish río, Catalan riu, Occitan riu, French ru, Italian rio, rivo and Romanian râu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/
• IPA^(key): /ʁiw/, /ˈʁi.u/
  • Homophones: riu, ril (monosyllabic pronunciation)
• Homophone: Rio
• Hyphenation: ri‧o

Noun

rio m (plural s)

1. river (large body of flowing water)
   • 1914, Alberto Caeiro, "O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia":

     O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

     The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

2. (figuratively) a large amount of anything

   Ganhamos um rio de dinheiro.

   We earned a truckload of money.

Synonyms

• (river): flume

Derived terms

• ria

• riacho

• Rio de Janeiro

Related terms

• derivação
• derivar

• derivativo
• rival

• rivalidade

See also

• afluente
• fluvial
• foz

• lago
• leito
• nascente

• praia fluvial
• ribeira
• ribeiro

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/
• Hyphenation: ri‧o

Verb

rio

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjo/ [ˈrjo]

Verb

rio

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) preterite indicative form of reír.

Alternative forms

• rió

Noun

rio

1. Misspelling of río.