Polyglot Dictionary

riada

/ˈrjaða/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las riadas

Meaning

  1. flood

    • La riada arrasó el pueblo.

      The flood devastated the village.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

crecida

crecida and riada are close synonyms for a "flood, flash flood," of a river, interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

enchente

enchente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "flood."

Practice

1 What does riada mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ arrasó el pueblo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches riada?

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