ribeira

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Portuguese ribeira, Spanish ribera, French rivière.

• IPA^(key): /riˈβejɾa̝/

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

1. bank

   Synonym: riba

2. shore

   Synonyms: beiramar, costa

• Ribeira
• Ribeiriña
• Ribeiroa

• arriba
• riba

• “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ribeira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ribeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ribeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Spanish ribera, French rivière.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁi.ˈβɐj.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: ri‧bei‧ra

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

1. bank (of a river)
2. watering, irrigation
3. stream, rivulet
4. (Brazil) stock breeding area

• ribeiro
• riba
• arriba
• ripário