riacho
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈa.ʃu/
riacho is spelled R-I-A-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riacho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “diminutive of rio; stream (small river)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno rio”.
What does riacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of rio; stream (small river)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno rio 2. ribeiro
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 riacho
- riachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riacho?
- Brazil /ʁiˈa.ʃu/
- Brazil [hiˈa.ʃu]
- Brazil /ˈʁja.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riacho in Portuguese?
riacho appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).