ribera

See also: Ribera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ribera, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), a noun based on the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“riverbank-related”), an adjective based on rīpa (“river bank”). Compare Occitan ribièra, Spanish ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /riˈbe.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /riˈbe.ɾa/

Noun

ribera f (plural riberes)

1. bank, riverbank
2. river

Derived terms

• riberal
• riberejar
• riberenc

 

Related terms

• riba
• riber
• ripari

 

References

• “ribera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ribeira.

Noun

ribera

1. river
2. stream

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Portuguese ribeira, Catalan ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈbeɾa/ [riˈβ̞e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ri‧be‧ra

Noun

ribera f (plural riberas)

1. bank (riverbank)

   los aves pescan en la ribera

   the birds fish at the riverbank

Related terms

• arriba
• derribar
• riba
• ribero
• ribete

 

Noun

ribera f (plural riberas)

1. female equivalent of ribero

Adjective

ribera f

1. feminine singular of ribero

See also

• banco
• orilla
• vera

Further reading

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