chubasco

noun

chu·​bas·​co

chüˈbäˌskō

plural -s

: a severe squall of rain and wind especially along the west coast of Central America

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Portuguese chuvasco, from chuva rain, from Latin pluvia, from pluere to rain

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