ravina

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: ravinas, ravinât

Verb

ravina

third-person singular past historic of raviner

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ravine (“ravine”). Doublet of rapina.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [haˈvĩ.nɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [χaˈvĩ.nɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvi.na/ [haˈvi.na]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈvi.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbi.nɐ/ [ʁɐˈβi.nɐ]

Hyphenation: ra‧vi‧na

Noun

ravina f (plural ravinas)

(geology) gorge; ravine (a deep narrow valley)
Synonyms: desfiladeiro, garganta, passo
(geology) gully (channel which was worn by water flow)
Synonyms: barranco, voçoroca

Related terms

ravinamento

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