rijo
See also: Rijo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rigidus (“rigid”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/ [ˈhi.ʒu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/ [ˈχi.ʒu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.ʒo/ [ˈhi.ʒo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.ʒu/
Adjective
rijo (feminine rija, masculine plural rijos, feminine plural rijas)
- hard, tough, stiff, wiry
Derived terms
- rijamente
Further reading
- “rijo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrixo/ [ˈri.xo]
- Rhymes: -ixo
- Syllabification: ri‧jo
Noun
rijo m (plural rijos)
- lust
Verb
rijo
- first-person singular present indicative of regir
Further reading
- “rijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014