chuva
See also: chůva
Portuguese
chuva
Alternative forms
- chuiva (dated, dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from pluvius (“rainy”), from pluit (“it is raining”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician choiva, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.bɐ/ [ˈt͡ʃu.βɐ]
- Hyphenation: chu‧va
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Derived terms
- ao preço da chuva
- chapéu-de-chuva
- chuva ácida
- chuva de estrelas
- chuva de meteoritos
- chuva de meteoros
- chuva dourada
- chuva miudinha
- chuva molha-tolos
- chuvada
- chuvisco
- chuvoso
- guarda-chuva
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