ravina
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: ravinas, ravinât
Verb
ravina
- third-person singular past historic of raviner
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ravine (“ravine”). Doublet of rapina.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.ˈvi.na/, /ʁa.ˈvi.nɐ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ha.ˈvi.na/
- Hyphenation: ra‧vi‧na
Noun
ravina f (plural ravinas)
- (geology) gorge; ravine (a deep narrow valley)
- (geology) gully (channel which was worn by water flow)
Synonyms
- (ravine): desfiladeiro, garganta, passo
- (gully): barranco, voçoroca
Related terms
- ravinamento