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Asturian
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Etymology
From Latin pluvia.
Noun
lluvia f (plural lluvies)
- rain
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Spanish
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Etymology
Inherited 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/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎubja/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃubja/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒubja/
- Rhymes: -ubja
- Syllabification: llu‧via
Noun
lluvia f (plural lluvias)
- rain
- shower (precipitation)
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