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Meaning of rito | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈɹitoʊ/

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).
  2. The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.
    uncountable
  3. A stream in the western US.
    US, rare

Examples

“Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers.”
“[…] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]”
“On this day all the waters of the earth are blessed, the seas, the rivers and the ritos, the clear forest streams and all the muddy acequias meandering through the fields.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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