arroyo

See also: Arroyo

English

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/
Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧yo

Noun

arroyo (plural arroyos)

A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).

Translations

creek which only seasonally flows

French: cadereau (fr) m
Georgian: შრობადი კალაპოტის რუ (šrobadi ḳalaṗoṭis ru), შრობადი კალაპოტის ნაკადული (šrobadi ḳalaṗoṭis naḳaduli), სეზონურად მდინარე რუ (sezonurad mdinare ru), სეზონურად მდინარე ნაკადული (sezonurad mdinare naḳaduli)
German: Rivier (de) n (an African arroyo)

Panamint: okkwaitaippüh, hunuppin
Spanish: arroyo (es) m

any water course

Navajo: bikooh
Portuguese: arroio (pt) m
Spanish: arroyo (es) m

Tamil: ஆறு (ta) (āṟu)
Taos: hə̏olune

See also

French

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

arroyo m (plural arroyos)

arroyo

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arrugium, from Latin arrugia (“mineshaft”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈroɟ͡ʝo/, [aˈroʝo]
Hyphenation: a‧rro‧yo

Noun

arroyo m (plural arroyos)

stream, brook, creek (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally)

Further reading

“arroyo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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