riacho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rio +‎ -acho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [hɪˈa.ʃu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈhja.ʃu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [χɪˈa.ʃu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈχja.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃo/ [hɪˈa.ʃo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃo/ [ˈhja.ʃo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.t͡ʃu/

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

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

Diminutive of rio; stream (small river)

Spanish

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

stream

Further reading

“riacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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