WotD: downpour

[muckefuck]

1. der Regenguss
2. de stortbui
3. el aguacero, el chaparrón
4. l'aiguat, el xàfec, la xafegada
5. l'avalasse, l'averse
6. y curlaw, y genlli, y gawod drom
7. an dortadh/stealladh fearthana, an bhailc
8. ulewa
9. 폭우 (暴雨), 호우 (豪雨)
10. 暴雨 bàoyǔ, 傾盆大雨 qīngpéndàyǔ

Notes: Got caught in not one but two of these coming home last night. Real toadstranglers, too! I thought I was timing my departure for the beginning of the lull between them; instead the lull came once I was already on the shuttle and ended right after my stop. I stepped out into drizzle and within half a block, the sidewalks were covered in sheets of water. My brand-new shoes (bought less than two weeks ago) are still soaked; I wore monshu's to work.

Comments

El castellano

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A chubasco is more like an ordinary rain shower. Another term used for downpour is tromba de agua.

Chuck