llovedizo

Spanish

Etymology

From llover +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ʝobeˈdiθo/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ʝobeˈdiθo/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ʎobeˈdiθo/ [ʎo.β̞eˈð̞i.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ʝobeˈdiso/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ʝobeˈdiso/ [ɟ͡ʝo.β̞eˈð̞i.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ʎobeˈdiso/ [ʎo.β̞eˈð̞i.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃobeˈdiso/ [ʃo.β̞eˈð̞i.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒobeˈdiso/ [ʒo.β̞eˈð̞i.so]

• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: llo‧ve‧di‧zo

Adjective

llovedizo (feminine llovediza, masculine plural llovedizos, feminine plural llovedizas)

1. (relational) rain
2. leaky

Derived terms

• agua llovediza

 

Further reading

• “llovedizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28