chuva
See also: chůva
Macanese
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese chuva.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchuva
- rain
- chuva filo-filo ― a drizzle (literally, “sons rain”)
- chuva fino-fino ― light rain (literally, “very thin rain”)
- chuva pedra ― hail (literally, “(hail)stone rain”)
- Não é de costume ter chuva em outubro
- It's not usual to have rain in October
Derived terms
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editPortuguese
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Galician choiva, Spanish lluvia.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editchuva f (plural chuvas)
- rain
- 1980, “A Chuva Cai”, performed by Beth Carvalho:
- A chuva cai lá fora / Você vai se molhar / Já lhe pedi, não vai embora / Espere o tempo melhorar / Até a própria natureza, / Está pedindo pra você ficar
- The rain is falling out there / You're gonna get wet / I already asked, don't go outside / Wait for the weather to get better / Even nature itself / Is asking you to stay
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- “chuva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “chuva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Further reading
edit- “chuva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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