ribeirão
Portuguese, noun/ʁi.be(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
ribeirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “augmentative of ribeiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno apropriado para nele se lavrarem minas de diamantes”.
What does ribeirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of ribeiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Pernambuco 2. freguesia no concelho de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
noun: 1. terreno apropriado para nele se lavrarem minas de diamantes 2. curso d'água maior do que um 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 ribeirão
- ribeirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ribeirão?
- Brazil /ʁi.be(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [hi.be(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ribeirão in Portuguese?
ribeirão appears 13 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).