chubasco
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chubasco (“downpour”), from Portuguese chuva (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chubasco (plural chubascos)
- (nautical) A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese chuvasco (“rain”), or from Galician chuvasco (“rain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chubasco m (plural chubascos)
Usage notes
- Chubasco in standard Spanish means any rain shower associated with heavy wind or, in nautical usage, a dark cloud which suddenly appears in the horizon, potentially foretelling rough sailing conditions (Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Real Academia Española).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chubasco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16