agualluvias

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of agua (“to dilute”) +‎ lluvias (“rains”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaˈʝubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʝu.β̞jas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɡwaˈʝubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʝu.β̞jas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aɡwaˈʎubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʎu.β̞jas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɡwaˈʃubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʃu.β̞jas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɡwaˈʒubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʒu.β̞jas]

• Rhymes: -ubjas
• Syllabification: a‧gua‧llu‧vias

Noun

agualluvias m (plural agualluvias)

1. storm drain

   sistema agualluvias ― storm drain system

See also

• cloaca
• desagüe