llover

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plovere, present active infinitive of *plovō, for Classical Latin pluere, present active infinitive of pluit, pluō.

Verb

llover

1. to rain

Related terms

• lloviu, lluvia
• lluviosu

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plovere, present active infinitive of *plovō, for Classical Latin pluere, present active infinitive of pluit, pluō. Cognate with Portuguese chover.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈbeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝoˈbeɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎoˈbeɾ/ [ʎoˈβ̞eɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈbeɾ/ [ʃoˈβ̞eɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈbeɾ/ [ʒoˈβ̞eɾ]

• IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ˈβ̞e̞ɾ]

Verb

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to rain

   Coordinate term: nevar

   Hyponym: lloviznar

   Llueve. ― It’s raining.

Usage notes

• Usually only used in the third person, except in figurative usage:

  2006, Andrés Trapiello, “Lluevo”, in El volador de cometas: antología poética‎^[1]:

  Lluevo en esta ciudad / envuelto en frío, en aguacero, en noche,

  I rain in this city / Wrapped in cold, in downpour, in night,

Derived terms

• como llovido del cielo
• cuando llueve, diluvia
• llover a cántaros
• llover a mares
• llovido del cielo
• llueva o truene
• nunca llueve a gusto de todos

 

Related terms

• llovizna
• lluvia
• lluvioso

See also

• sol