chubasco

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/tʃuːˈbɑːskəʊ/

noun

A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.

OriginSpanish chubasco ← Portuguese chuva ← Latin pluvia →
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Meanings

nounchubasco (plural chubascos)

plural chubascos

  1. nauticalA violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.

Origin

  1. Latinpluvia“rain”
  2. Portuguesechuva“rain”
  3. Spanishchubasco“downpour”
  4. Englishchubasco

Borrowed from Spanish chubasco (“downpour”), from Portuguese chuva (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

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APA

chubasco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chubasco

MLA

“chubasco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chubasco. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chubasco,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chubasco.

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