arroyo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin arrugiader. Old Spanish arroyo Spanish arroyobor. English arroyo Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.
Meanings
-
A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
Across the field were the tents, and beyond them the brown cottonfields that stretched out of sight to the brown arroyo foothills and then the snow-capped Sierras in the morning air.
1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)
- Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arroyos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
arroyo toad · arroyo willow · arroyo grape
Relateds
Synonyms
wash · dry wash[regiolect · nahal · wadi
Translations (15)
nv bikooh (any water course) · es arroyo (any water course) · ta ஆறு (any water course) · twf hə̏olune (any water course) · de Rivier (creek which only seasonally flows) · par hunuppin (creek which only seasonally flows) · ka სეზონურად მდინარე ნაკადული (creek which only seasonally flows) · par okkwaitaippüh (creek which only seasonally flows) · pt arroio (any water course) · ka შრობადი კალაპოტის ნაკადული (creek which only seasonally flows) · ka შრობადი კალაპოტის რუ (creek which only seasonally flows) · ka სეზონურად მდინარე რუ (creek which only seasonally flows) · fr cadereau (creek which only seasonally flows) · es arroyo (creek which only seasonally flows) · cy sychnant (creek which only seasonally flows)