pioggia
See also: Pioggia
Italian
editAlternative forms
edit- piova (literary or regional)
Etymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *plo(v)ia. Doublet of ploia; piecewise doublet of piova.
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editNoun
editpioggia f (plural piogge)
- rain
- (figurative) shower (large quantity)
- Synonym: sacco
- 2003, Antonio Tabucchi, chapter XVIII, in Sostiene Pereira : una testimonianza [Pereira Declares], Rome: La biblioteca di Repubblica, published 1994, →ISBN, page 116:
- Il direttore gli telefonò una mattina per congratularsi del racconto di Balzac, perché disse che la redazione principale aveva ricevuto una pioggia di lettere di complimenti.
- The editor-in-chief called him one morning to congratulate him on the Balzac story, saying that the head office had been simply inundated with compliments.
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edit- pioggia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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