# chover
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoˈbeɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: cho‧ver

### Verb

chover (impersonal, third-person singular present chove, third-person singular preterite choveu, past participle chovido)
* (intransitive, impersonal) to rain
    —Chove? —Chove.—Is it raining? —It is.

#### Derived terms

* chover a cachón
* chover a chuzos
* chover a Deus dar auga

#### Related terms

* chuvasco
* chuvasqueiro
* chuvia, choiva
* chuvioso
* chuvisca

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chover”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chov”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chover”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chover”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chover”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *plovere, from Classical Latin pluere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoˈβeɾ/
* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

chover
* to rain

#### Descendants

* Galician: chover
* Portuguese: chover (see there for further descendants)

#### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "chover"

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* chouver (obsolete, rare)
* chuver (eye dialect)
* tchover (eye dialect, Northern Portugal)
* chuvê, chovê (eye dialect, Brazil)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈve(h)], /ʃuˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈve(h)], /ʃuˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃoˈve(ɾ)/, /ʃuˈve(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃoˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈve(χ)], /ʃuˈve(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈve(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈveɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈveɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃuˈbeɾ/ [t͡ʃuˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈve.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cho‧ver

### Verb

chover (first-person singular present chovo, first-person singular preterite chovi, past participle chovido)
* (intransitive, impersonal) to rain (to fall (drops of water) from the sky)
    Se chover, não saia de casa.If it rains, don’t leave the house.
** 1985, Kiko Zambianchi (lyrics and music), “Primeiros Erros (Chove)” (1:30 from the start), in Choque, EMI:Se um dia eu pudesse ver / Meu passado inteiro / E fizesse parar de chover / Nos primeiros erros/ʃuˈveʁ/(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive, impersonal) to rain (to fall (a given substance or objects) from the sky in great amounts)
    Começou a chover pedras.It began to rain rocks.
* (transitive) to rain on (to cause to fall in great amounts upon)
    Os arqueiros choveram flechas sobre os invasores.The archers rained arrows upon the invaders.
* (transitive, impersonal, poetic) to fall from the sky (to come or occur in great amounts)
    Hoje em dia chove miséria.Nowadays misery falls from the sky.
* (transitive, poetic) to shower with (to provide with great amounts of)
    O governador choveu louros sobre os atletas.The governor showered the athletes with laurels.

#### Related terms

* chuva
* chuvoso

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: txobe