chuva

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See also: chůva

Portuguese[edit]

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chuva

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese chuvia (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from pluvius (“rainy”), from pluit (“it is raining”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician chuvia, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/
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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/, [ˈʃu.və]
  • Hyphenation: chu‧va

Noun[edit]

chuva f (plural chuvas)

  1. rain

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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