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chover.

to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

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  1. to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)

    impersonal · intransitive
    Se chover, não saia de casa.
  2. to rain (to fall (a given substance or objects) from the sky in great amounts)

    impersonal · transitive
    Começou a chover pedras.
  3. to rain on (to cause to fall in great amounts upon)

    transitive
    Os arqueiros choveram flechas sobre os invasores.
  4. to fall from the sky (to come or occur in great amounts)

    impersonal · poetic · transitive
    Hoje em dia chove miséria.
  5. to shower with (to provide with great amounts of)

    poetic · transitive
    O governador choveu louros sobre os atletas.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chover, from Vulgar Latin *plovere, from Classical Latin pluere. Cognate with Galician chover and Spanish llover.

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