Polyglot Dictionary

chuvisco

/ʃuˈvisku/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os chuviscos

Meaning

  1. drizzle

    • Caía um chuvisco fino.

      A fine drizzle fell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

garoa

garoa is specifically associated with São Paulo's characteristic fine drizzle; chuvisco is more general — both mean "drizzle."

Similar in other languages

German

Nieselregen

Nieselregen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "drizzle."

Spanish

llovizna

llovizna is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "drizzle."

Spanish

orvallo

orvallo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "drizzle."

Practice

1 What does chuvisco mean?

2 Fill the gap: Caía um ___ fino.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chuvisco?

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