diluviar

Borrowed from Latin dīluviāre (“to deluge”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.lu.βiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.lu.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.lu.viˈaɾ]

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diluviar (first-person singular present diluvio, first-person singular preterite diluvií, past participle diluviat)

1. (impersonal) to pour, to rain heavily

Forms other than the third person are rarely used except in a poetic sense.

• diluvi

• “diluviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin diluviāre. By surface analysis, dilúvio (“deluge, great flood”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: di‧lu‧vi‧ar

diluviar (impersonal, third-person singular present diluvia, third-person singular preterite diluviou, past participle diluviado)

1. (impersonal) to pour, to rain heavily

• “diluviar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin diluviāre.

• IPA^(key): /diluˈbjaɾ/ [d̪i.luˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧lu‧viar

diluviar (impersonal, third-person singular present diluvia, third-person singular preterite diluvió, past participle diluviado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to pour (as with rain)

• “diluviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025