álveo
Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.vju/
álveo is spelled Á-L-V-E-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Álveo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “riverbed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “leito de (rio ou regato)”.
What does álveo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineriverbed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leito de (rio ou regato) 2. sulco 3. escavação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of álveo
- álveos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce álveo?
- Brazil /ˈaw.vju/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.vju]
- Portugal /ˈal.vju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is álveo in Portuguese?
álveo appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).