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Where does “chavasco” come from?

chavasco (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chuvasco, from Spanish chubasco, from Galician chuvasco, from Galician chuvia, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit.

chavasco (Portuguese): badly made; of low quality; botched; rude; rough;...

Definitions

  1. badly made; of low quality; botched; rude; rough;...

Ancestry of “chavasco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechuvascodownpour; shower
2Spanishchubascodownpour, squall
3Galicianchuvascodownpour; shower
4Galicianchuviarain
5Old Portuguesechuviarain
6Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
7Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
8LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
9Proto-Italicplowō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
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