ploua

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See also: plouă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *plovere, from Classical Latin pluere, with a later change to the first conjugation type within Romanian or reformed based on the original subjunctive (pluat). Compare Aromanian ploai, Corsican piova.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ploˈwa/
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Verb

a ploua (third-person singular present plouă, past participle plouat) 1st conjugation

  1. (impersonal) to rain (of rain: to fall from the sky)
    Plouă.
    It's raining.
    În acea dimineață, ploua foarte mult.
    That morning, it was raining a lot.
    Ieri a plouat.
    Yesterday, it rained.
    Va ploua, așa că nu-ți uita umbrela.
    It's going to rain, so don't forget your umbrella.

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