chover

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese chover, from Vulgar Latin *plovere, present active infinitive of *plovō, for Classical Latin pluere, present active infinitive of pluit, pluō. Cognate with Spanish llover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈβeɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to rain

   —Chove? —Chove.

   —Rains? —Yes, it rains.

2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of chover
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of chover

Derived terms

• chover a cachón
• chover a chuzos
• chover a Deus dar auga

Related terms

• chuvasco
• chuvasqueiro
• chuvia, choiva
• chuvioso
• chuvisca

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chov”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chover”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chuver (eye dialect)
• tchover (eye dialect, North Portugal)
• chuvê (eye dialect, Brazil)
• chovê (eye dialect, Brazil)
• chouver (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chover, from Vulgar Latin *plovere, present active infinitive of *plovō, for Classical Latin pluere, present active infinitive of pluit, pluō. Cognate with Spanish llover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuˈveɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈve(ʁ)/

Verb

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)

   Se chover, não saia de casa.

   If it rains, don’t leave the house.

2. (transitive, impersonal) to rain (to fall (a given substance or objects) from the sky in great amounts)

   Começou a chover pedras.

   It began to rain rocks.

3. (transitive) to rain on (to cause to fall in great amounts upon)

   Os arqueiros choveram flechas sobre os invasores.

   The archers rained arrows upon the invaders.

4. (transitive, impersonal, poetic) to fall from the sky (to come or occur in great amounts)

   Hoje em dia chove miséria.

   Nowadays misery falls from the sky.

5. (transitive, poetic) to shower with (to provide with great amounts of)

   O governador choveu louros sobre os atletas.

   The governor showered the athletes with laurels.

Related terms

• chuva
• chuvoso

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: txobe