chuva
التعريفات والمعاني
== Macanese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese chuva.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.va/
=== Noun ===
chuva
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”)
==== Derived terms ====
cai chuva
=== References ===
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
chuiva, chúvia, choiva (dialectal)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Galician choiva, Spanish lluvia.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uvɐ
Hyphenation: chu‧va
=== Noun ===
chuva f (plural chuvas)
rain
==== Derived terms ====
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=== References ===
“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 ===
“chuva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026