guarda-rios

Portuguese, noun/ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/

guarda-rios is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does guarda-rios mean in English?

noun

1
masculinekingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce guarda-rios?

Brazil /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/
Brazil [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhi.us]
Brazil /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to guarda-rios

kingfisher

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.