Adjective: rio
Hyphenation: rì‧o
| Singular m. | rio |
| Singular f. | ria |
| Plural m. | rii |
| Plural f. | rie |
Sample Sentences
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1724, George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare (librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym) (I shall lament my fate, so cruel and so wicked.)
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1839, Gaetano Donizetti, Roberto Devereux (librettist: Salvadore Cammarano) (A crime so wicked, it does not merit clemency.)
Adjectives inflected like rio
periurbano,
rigenerativo,
ionizzato,
surrogato,
monferrino,
coscienzioso,
palesato,
urinoso,
megadiverso,
autovalutativo,
sfatto,
sfitto,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
meschino,
angloamericano,
moltiplicativo,
sessantaseiesimo,
transgiordano,
sereno, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin reus. Compare Romanian rău (“bad”), Dalmatian ri (“bad”). Doublet of the borrowed Italian reo. See: Latin Adjectives '
reus', Latin Adjectives '
reus', Romanian Adjectives '
rău'.
Verbs referencing "rio"
Romanian Adjectives
rău.
Translations