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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

estação das chuvas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iʃ.taˈsãw das ˈʃu.vɐs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wet season/ˈwɛt ˌsiː.zən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A vegetação floresce rapidamente durante a estação das chuvas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The time of year, typically lasting for several months, when the majority of a region's average annual rainfall occurs in tropical or subtropical climates.

    "Roads in the rural district often become impassable during the wet season due to heavy flooding."
  2. 2

    A period marked by regular, torrential downpours associated with monsoon systems.

    "Wildlife in the savanna undergoes a dramatic transformation of abundance as the wet season begins."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of Middle English 'wet' (from Old English 'wǣt', meaning liquid or moist) and 'season' (from Old French 'saison', ultimately from Latin 'satio', meaning sowing or planting time). The pairing emerged in meteorological and geographical contexts during the 19th century to describe tropical and subtropical climate patterns characterized by high precipitation.

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