Polyglot Dictionary

arroio

/aˈxoju/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os arroios

Meaning

  1. stream

    • Cruzamos o arroio.

      We crossed the stream.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

riacho

arroio is a regional term, especially in southern Brazil; riacho is the more common word — both mean "stream."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

arroyo

arroyo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stream."

French

ruisseau

ruisseau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "stream."

Practice

1 What does arroio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cruzamos o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches arroio?

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