chuva

See also: chůva

Portuguese
chuva

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese chuvia (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from pluvius (“rainy”), from pluit (“it is raining”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician chuvia, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/
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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.va/, /ˈʃu.vɐ/
  • Hyphenation: chu‧va

Noun

chuva f (plural chuvas)

  1. rain

Descendants
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