what is the definition and etymology of the word chuva?

Question

what is it's origin?

Answer 1

there's also macedonian word "chuva" wich means "to take care of something", "to keep", "to protect"

regards

Answer 2

Chuva is Portuguese for rain, like the Spanish 'lluvia.' Both these nouns originate from the Classical Latin 'pluvia.'

Typically, Latin 'pl' and 'cl' developed into Portuguese 'ch' and Spanish 'll' - so you can see this in the verb 'to weep':
Lat. clamare
Port. chorar
Sp. Llorar

Answer 3

chuva

Portuguese

Etymology
From Latin pluvia, ‘rain’.


Noun
chuva f.

Translations to other languages:
Chinese: 下雨, 降雨
Frisian: reine
Guaraní: ky
Hebrew: ירד גשם
Indonesian: turun hujan
Interlingua: pluver
Japanese: 雨が降る (あめがふる, ame ga furu)
Korean: 비가 오다 (bi ga oda)
Latin: pluit
Polish: padać (o deszczu)
Portuguese: chover
Romanian: ploua
Russian: идти дождь
Slovak: pršať (1)
Spanish: llover
Swedish: regna
Tagalog: mag-ulan
Telugu: కురియు (kuriyu), వర్షించు (varshiMchu)
Tupinambá: kyr
Turkish: yağmur (n), yağ- (v)
Welsh: glawio
Old English reġn