River Plate

English

Alternative forms

• River Platte (dated)

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Río de la Plata, using the obsolete English term plate (“silver”).

Proper noun

the River Plate

1. A river in South America.

   Synonyms: (now more common) Río de la Plata, Plate

   • 2024 December 10, Tom Phillips, Facundo Iglesia, “Maga on the River Plate as global populist right descends on Argentina”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “We, ladies and gentlemen, are taking our countries back. Together our nations – America and Argentina – will inspire the world,” Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee’s co-chair, told delegates who had flooded the basement of a five-star hotel by the River Plate.

Derived terms

• Platine

Related terms

• Rioplatense

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: Río de la Plata m

Anagrams

• telaprevir