pioggia

Italian

Alternative forms
  • piova (literary or regional)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ploia < *plovia (probably influenced by the verb *plovō, plovere) for Classical Latin pluvia (“rain”). Compare French pluie, Catalan pluja, Romanian ploaie, also Portuguese chuva, Spanish lluvia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpjɔddʒa]
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Noun

pioggia f (plural piogge)

  1. rain
  2. (figuratively) shower (large quantity)
    Synonym: sacco
    • 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XVIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 116:
      Il direttore gli telefonò una mattina per congratularsi del racconto di Balzac, perché disse che la redazione principale aveva ricevuto una pioggia di lettere di complimenti.
      The editor-in-chief called him one morning to congratulate him on the Balzac story, saying that the head office had been simply inundated with compliments.

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