lluvia
Asturian
Alternative forms
- lloviu
Etymology
From Latin pluvia.
Noun
lluvia f (plural lluvies)
- rain
Related terms
- llover
- lluviosu
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): (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]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ubja
- Syllabification: llu‧via
Noun
lluvia f (plural lluvias)
- rain
- 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