riacho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rio +‎ -acho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [hɪˈa.ʃu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈhja.ʃu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃu/ [χɪˈa.ʃu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃu/ [ˈχja.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈa.ʃo/ [hɪˈa.ʃo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁja.ʃo/ [ˈhja.ʃo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁja.t͡ʃu/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
Hyphenation: ri‧a‧cho

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

diminutive of rio; stream (small river)

Further reading

“riacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“riacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

riacho m (plural riachos)

stream

Further reading

“riacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025