llovizna

See also: llovizná

Spanish

Alternative forms

• lluvizna

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈbiθna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iθ̬.na] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈbiθna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iθ̬.na] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʎoˈbiθna/ [ʎoˈβ̞iθ̬.na] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈbisna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iz.na] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ʝoˈbisna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iz.na] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ʎoˈbisna/ [ʎoˈβ̞iz.na] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈbisna/ [ʃoˈβ̞iz.na] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈbisna/ [ʃoˈβ̞iz.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒoˈbisna/ [ʒoˈβ̞iz.na] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iθna (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isna (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: llo‧viz‧na

Etymology 1

Deverbal from lloviznar.

Noun

llovizna f (plural lloviznas)

1. drizzle

   Synonyms: (Spain) sirimiri, (Latin America) garúa

   • 1974, “El Show de los Muertos”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:

     Tengo los llantos todos aquí / Cómo una llovizna fría

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• lloviznar

Etymology 2

Verb

llovizna

1. inflection of lloviznar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “llovizna”, 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