Chubasco
/tʃuːˈbæskoʊ/noun
A sudden, often violent rain squall, especially in maritime or tropical regions.
Did you know?Chubasco entered English through Spanish maritime usage, while its deeper ancestry is linked to Latin pluvia, the source of English words such as pluvial.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“To flow or move through water”
Classical Latin
Latin
pluvia
“Rain”
Late Latin
Latin
*plovia
“Rain; a later sound-shifted form associated with Romance development”
Medieval Period
Portuguese
chuva
“Rain; descended from Latin pluvia”
16th–17th Century
Spanish
chubasco
“A rain squall or sudden storm, probably formed from a Romance rain-word with the suffix -asco”
Modern English
English
chubasco
“A sudden, heavy rain squall, especially at sea or in the tropics”