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chuva

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See also: chůva

Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese chuva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chuva

  1. rain
    chuva filo-filoa drizzle (literally, “sons rain”)
    chuva fino-finolight rain (literally, “very thin rain”)
    chuva pedrahail (literally, “(hail)stone rain”)
    Nunca costumado têm chuva Otubro
    It's not usual to have rain in October

Derived terms

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References

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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chuva

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Galician choiva, Spanish lluvia.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uvɐ
  • Hyphenation: chu‧va

Noun

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chuva f (plural chuvas)

  1. rain

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcuba
  • Kabuverdianu: tchuva, txuba, txuva
  • Macanese: chuva
  • Saramaccan: tyuba

References

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  • chuva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913