ría
Spanish, noun/ˈria/
ría is spelled R-Í-A (3 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ría is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mouth of a river, estuary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of reír. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de mar que se interna tierra adentro en una cuenca fluvial”.
What does ría mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemouth of a river, estuary
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de mar que se interna tierra adentro en una cuenca fluvial. 2. Accidente geomorfológico que designa una de las formas que puede adoptar la desembocadura de un río, cuando un valle costero queda sumergido bajo el mar por una elevación de su nivel. Es un brazo de mar que se interna en la costa y que está sometido a la acción de las mareas. 3. Obstáculo artificial usado en algunas competiciones deportivas y que consiste en una balsa de agua colocada tras una valla.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ría
- rías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ría?
- /ˈria/
- [ˈri.a]
- [ˈria]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ría
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ría in Spanish?
ría appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).