ribeiro

See also: Ribeiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ribeyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin rīpārius (“riparian”), from rīpa (“riverbank”). Doublet of the borrowed ripário.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾu/ [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾu/ [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾu/ [χiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾo/ [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɐj.ɾu/ [ʁiˈβɐj.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɐj.ɾu/ [ʁiˈβɐj.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbej.ɾu/ [ʁiˈβej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbej.ɾu/ [ʁiˈβej.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbe.ɾu/ [ʁiˈβe.ɾu]

Noun

ribeiro m (plural ribeiros)

1. a brook, creek or stream (small body of running water)

   Synonyms: arroio, córrego, flume, regato, riacho, ribeira, riozinho, veia

Derived terms

• ribeirão (augmentative)
• ribeirinho (diminutive)
• Ribeiro

Related terms

• arriba
• riba
• ribeira
• ripário

Further reading

• “ribeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ribeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

English Wikipedia has an article on:

ribeiro (DO)

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈbeiɾo/ [riˈβ̞ei̯.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eiɾo
• Syllabification: ri‧bei‧ro

Noun

ribeiro m (plural ribeiros)

1. a wine from Galicia

Further reading

• “ribeiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024