arroyo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish arroyo. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/ (General American) 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). Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity) Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === coulee draw wash == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish arroyo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ.jo/ === Noun === arroyo m (plural arroyos) arroyo === Further reading === “arroyo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oʝo Syllabification: a‧rro‧yo === Etymology 1 === From Vulgar Latin *arrugium, from Latin arrugia (“mineshaft”). ==== Noun ==== arroyo m (plural arroyos) stream, brook, creek (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: arroyo → Esperanto: rojo → French: arroyo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== arroyo first-person singular present indicative of arroyar === Further reading === “arroyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025