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 choiva, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/

  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃu.βɐ]
  • Hyphenation: chu‧va
  • Audio(file)

Noun

chuva f (plural chuvas)

  1. rain

Descendants
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcuba
  • Kabuverdianu: tchuva, txuba, txuva
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