lluvia

Asturian

Alternative forms

• lloviu

Etymology

From Latin pluvia.

Noun

lluvia f (plural lluvies)

1. rain

Related terms

• llover
• lluviosu

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• pluvia

Etymology

From Old Spanish lluuia, lluvia, from Latin pluvia. Cognates include Galician chuvia, Portuguese chuva and Catalan pluja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝubja/, [ˈɟ͡ʝu.β̞ja]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝubja/, [ˈɟ͡ʝu.β̞ja]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎubja/, [ˈʎu.β̞ja]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃubja/, [ˈʃu.β̞ja]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒubja/, [ˈʒu.β̞ja]

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Rhymes: -ubja

Noun

lluvia f (plural lluvias)

1. rain
2. shower (precipitation)

Derived terms

• agua de lluvia
• agualluvias
• gota de lluvia
• lluvia ácida
• lluvia de estrellas
• lluvia de ideas
• lluvia de meteoros
• lluvia dorada

 

Related terms

• llovedizo
• llover
• lluvioso
• pluvial
• pluvioso

 

Further reading

• “lluvia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.