ribeiro
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈbe(j).ɾu/
ribeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a brook, creek or stream (small body of running water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rio pequeno”.
What does ribeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea brook, creek or stream (small body of running water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rio pequeno 2. regato
noun: 1. sobrenome português
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 ribeiro
- ribeiros plural
- ribeyro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ribeiro?
- Brazil /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ribeiro in Portuguese?
ribeiro appears 30 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).