garúa

See also: garua

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish garúa, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Classical Latin cālīgō (“fog, mist, vapor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈru.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: ga‧rù‧a

Noun

garúa f (uncountable)

1. garua

Further reading

• garúa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Garau, agura

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Portuguese caruja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾua/ [ɡaˈɾu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: ga‧rú‧a

Noun

garúa f (plural garúas)

1. (Latin America) drizzle (very light rain)

   Synonym: llovizna

2. garua (a very fine mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru)

Further reading

• “garúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10