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Etymology

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From ploviscar +‎ -ejar.

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plovisquejar (first-person singular present plovisquejo, first-person singular preterite plovisquegí, past participle plovisquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to drizzle (to rain lightly)
    Synonyms: ploviscar, plovinejar, roinar
    Hypernym: ploure
    • 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País[1]:
      Aquest divendres plovisqueja i el clima sense encant aguditza la sensació de solitud i buit que transmet aquest històric carrer sacsejat amb ferocitat per la crisi derivada de la pandèmia.
      This Friday it drizzles and the charmless weather sharpens the sensation of solitude and emptiness transmitted by this historic street shaken ferociously by the crisis caused by the pandemic.

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