Polyglot Dictionary

chuveiro

/ʃuˈvejɾu/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os chuveiros

Meaning

  1. shower

    • O chuveiro está quente.

      The shower is hot.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ducha

chuveiro is the standard Brazilian word for the shower fixture; ducha is more about the act of showering, or a specific shower spray, more used in Portugal too.

Similar in other languages

German

Dusche

Dusche is the German word for the same thing — both mean "shower."

Spanish

chubasco

chubasco is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shower."

Spanish

ducha

ducha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shower."

Practice

1 What does chuveiro mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ está quente.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chuveiro?

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