chuva
See also: chůva
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese chuva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.va/
Noun
chuva
- rain
- chuva filo-filo ― a drizzle (literally, “sons rain”)
- chuva fino-fino ― light rain (literally, “very thin rain”)
- chuva pedra ― hail (literally, “(hail)stone rain”)
- Nunca costumado têm chuva Otubro
- It's not usual to have rain in October
Derived terms
Portuguese
chuva
Alternative forms
- chuiva (dated, dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Galician choiva, Spanish lluvia.
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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