ploua Verb, ploua ▼ ▶

1. (impersonal) to rain (of rain: to fall from the sky)
   Plouă.

   It's raining.

   În acea dimineață, ploua foarte mult.

   That morning, it was raining a lot.

   Ieri a plouat.

   Yesterday, it rained.

   Va ploua, așa că nu-ți uita umbrela.

   It's going to rain, so don't forget your umbrella.

Appox. usage (any sense): 44.9 per million words

ploaie Noun, f, ploaie

1. rain

Appox. usage (any sense): 39.7 per million words

turna Verb, turna ▼ ▶

1. to pour
   Synonyms: vărsa
2. to shape, fashion, mould
3. to cast (metal)
4. (impersonal, familiar) to pour, rain heavily, rain cats and dogs
   Synonyms: ploua (cu găleată)
5. (informal) to hand over (to authorities), denounce, tell on, tattle
6. (obsolete) to return, come back
   Synonyms: întoarce

Appox. usage (any sense): 26.2 per million words

paparudă Noun, f, paparudă

1. (paganism) female figures in Romanian pagan mythology associated with rain-invoking rituals and fertility
2. (paganism) rain-invoking pagan ritual during drought

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.075 per million words

ploicică Noun, f, ploicică ▼ ▶

1. diminutive of ploaie; a brief, light rain
   Synonyms: ploiță

Appox. usage (any sense): 0.051 per million words

nivopluvial Adjective, nivopluvial

1. related to snow and rain

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

plointe Noun, f, plointe

1. (Oltenia) a rainy time, an abundance of rain

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

țârâială Noun, f, țârâială

1. a short rain

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

plointe Adjective, plointe ▼ ▶

1. (Oltenia) rainy
   Synonyms: ploios

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words

ploișoară Noun, f, ploișoară

1. diminutive of ploaie; short rain

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words