Polyglot Dictionary

ribeirão

/xibejˈɾɐ̃w/

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 ribeirões

Meaning

  1. stream

    • O ribeirão secou.

      The stream dried.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

córrego

córrego is a common word for stream or creek; ribeirão is a larger stream or small river.

Similar in other languages

French

ruisseau

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

Practice

1 What does ribeirão mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ secou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ribeirão?

noun

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