guarda-chuva

Portuguese

guarda-chuva

Etymology

From guardar (“to guard”) + chuva (“rain”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɻ.da ˈʃu.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ ˈʃu.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ ˈʃu.vɐ/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ ˈʃu.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ ˈt͡ʃu.bɐ/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ ˈt͡ʃu.βɐ]

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• Hyphenation: guar‧da‧-chu‧va

Noun

guarda-chuva m (plural guarda-chuvas)

1. umbrella

   Synonym: chapéu de chuva

Further reading

• “guarda-chuva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “guarda-chuva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026