llovedizo

Spanish

Etymology

From llover +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝobeˈdiθo/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /ʝobeˈdiθo/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʎobeˈdiθo/ [ʎo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝobeˈdiso/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ʝobeˈdiso/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ʎobeˈdiso/ [ʎo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /ʃobeˈdiso/ [ʃo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ʃobeˈdiso/ [ʃo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒobeˈdiso/ [ʒo.β̞eˈð̞i.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -iθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: llo‧ve‧di‧zo

Adjective

llovedizo (feminine llovediza, masculine plural llovedizos, feminine plural llovedizas)

1. (relational) rain
2. leaky

Derived terms

• agua llovediza

Further reading

• “llovedizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025