llovizna
See also: llovizná
Spanish
Alternative forms
- lluvizna
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝoˈbiθna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iθ̬.na] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /ʎoˈbiθna/ [ʎoˈβ̞iθ̬.na] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /ʝoˈbisna/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈβ̞iz.na] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ʎoˈbisna/ [ʎoˈβ̞iz.na] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -iθna (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -isna (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: llo‧viz‧na
Etymology 1
Deverbal from lloviznar.
Noun
llovizna f (plural lloviznas)
- drizzle
- 1974, “El Show de los Muertos”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:
- Tengo los llantos todos aquí / Cómo una llovizna fría
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
llovizna
- inflection of lloviznar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “llovizna”, 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