chover.
to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)
Meaning & usage
to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)
Se chover, não saia de casa.
to rain (to fall (a given substance or objects) from the sky in great amounts)
Começou a chover pedras.
to rain on (to cause to fall in great amounts upon)
Os arqueiros choveram flechas sobre os invasores.
to fall from the sky (to come or occur in great amounts)
Hoje em dia chove miséria.
to shower with (to provide with great amounts of)
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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