lluvia

Asturian

Alternative forms

• lloviu

Etymology

From Latin pluvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎubja/ [ˈʎu.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -ubja
• Syllabification: llu‧via

Noun

lluvia f (plural lluvies)

1. rain

Related terms

• llover
• lluviosu

Further reading

• “lluvia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “lluvia”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish lluvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎubja/, [ˈʎu.bja]
• Hyphenation: llu‧via

Noun

lluvia

1. (Caviteño, Zamboangueño) rain

   Synonyms: aguacero (Ternateño), ulan (Zamboangueño)

Related terms

• llove

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pluvia (poetic or archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *pléweti

Proto-Italic *plowō

Latin pluit

Latin pluvius

Latin tempestās pluviaellip.

Latin pluvia

Old Spanish lluvia

Spanish lluvia

Inherited from Old Spanish lluvia, Latin pluvia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝubja/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.β̞ja]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝubja/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.β̞ja] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʎubja/ [ˈʎu.β̞ja] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃubja/ [ˈʃu.β̞ja] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒubja/ [ˈʒu.β̞ja] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -ubja
• Syllabification: llu‧via

Noun

lluvia f (plural lluvias)

1. rain
2. shower (precipitation)

Derived terms

• agua de lluvia
• agualluvias
• gota de lluvia
• lluvia ácida
• lluvia de estrellas
• lluvia de ideas
• lluvia de meteoros
• lluvia de oro
• lluvia dorada
• nube de lluvia

Related terms

• llovedizo
• llover
• lluvioso
• pluvial
• pluvioso

Descendants

• Chavacano: lluvia

Further reading

• “lluvia”, 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