chuva

See also: chůva

Portuguese

chuva

Alternative forms

• chuiva (dated, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese chuvia (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from pluvius (“rainy”), from pluit (“it is raining”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Galician chuvia, Spanish lluvia, Catalan pluja, Occitan pluèja, French pluie, Italian pioggia and Romanian ploaie.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.vɐ/, [ˈʃu.və]
• Hyphenation: chu‧va

Noun

chuva f (plural chuvas)

1. rain

Related terms

• chover
• chuvoso
• guarda-chuva
• chapéu-de-chuva

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcuba
• Kabuverdianu: tchuva, txuba, txuva