rijo

See also: Rijo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rigidus (“rigid”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/ [ˈhi.ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/ [ˈhi.ʒu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/ [ˈχi.ʒu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʒo/ [ˈhi.ʒo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: ri‧jo

Adjective

rijo (feminine rija, masculine plural rijos, feminine plural rijas)

1. hard, tough, stiff, wiry

Derived terms

• rijamente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrixo/ [ˈri.xo]
• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: ri‧jo

Etymology 1

From rija (“quarrel”).

Noun

rijo m (plural rijos)

1. lust

   Synonym: lujuria

Etymology 2

Verb

rijo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regir

Further reading

• “rijo”, 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