garúa

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See also: garua

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish garúa, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Classical Latin cālīgō (“fog, mist, vapor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈru.a/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: ga‧rù‧a

Noun

garúa f (uncountable)

  1. garua

Further reading

  • garúa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Portuguese caruja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɾua/
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Syllabification: ga‧rú‧a

Noun

garúa f (plural garúas)

  1. (Latin America) drizzle (very light rain)
    Synonym: llovizna
  2. garua (a very fine mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru)

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