agualluvias
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of agua (“to dilute”) + lluvias (“rains”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈʝubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʝu.β̞jas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈʎubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʎu.β̞jas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈʃubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʃu.β̞jas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈʒubjas/ [a.ɣ̞waˈʒu.β̞jas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ubjas
- Syllabification: a‧gua‧llu‧vias
Noun
agualluvias m (plural agualluvias)
- storm drain
- sistema agualluvias ― storm drain system