chuva
See also: chůva
Portuguese
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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 chuvia, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file)
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- Hyphenation: chu‧va
Noun
chuva f (plural chuvas)
Related terms
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: txuba
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio links
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Weather