Río Bravo

[ ree-aw vrah-vaw ]

noun

1. Mexican name of Rio Grande ( def 1 ).

Río Bravo

/ ˈrio ˈbraβo /

noun

1. the Mexican name for the Rio Grande

Example Sentences

In 1984, in a place called Rio Bravo just south of Laredo, Texas, a double-wide trailer burst into flames.

From Salon

Rio Bravo was, at the time, a subdivision situated next to the Rio Grande, carved out of rented land by a greedy Texas land developer who sold parcels in “open contracts” to undocumented immigrants.

From Salon

“We bathe in the Rio Bravo, which we were told is polluted,” said Edith Waldan, a 29-year-old Honduran who is now in the U.S. but kept her CBP One appointment a secret while in Matamoros because she feared being kidnapped.

From Washington Times

Viewers using the included digital code can stream one of the vintage featurettes, an eight-minute look at Old Tucson Studios where “Rio Bravo” and hundreds of other Westerns were shot.

From Washington Times

The lawsuit came on the same day that Abbott defiantly refused a DOJ request to dismantle the 1,000-foot barrier, which was installed along with netting and razor wire in and along the river that Mexicans call the Río Bravo near Eagle Pass in Maverick County.

From Salon