nuvem
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- nuve (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve, nuven, from a Vulgar Latin root *nūbinem, from Latin nūbes. Compare Spanish nube.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnu.vẽj̃/ [ˈnu.vẽɪ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnu.vɐ̃j̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnu.bɐ̃j̃/ [ˈnu.βɐ̃j̃]
- Hyphenation: nu‧vem
Noun
nuvem f (plural nuvens)
- cloud (mass of dust, steam or smoke)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) núvia, núvio
- cloud (the internet)
- Synonym: cloud
- swarm (of grasshoppers)