garúa
Spanish, noun/ɡaˈɾua/
garúa is spelled G-A-R-Ú-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 136,710th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garúa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “drizzle (very light rain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lluvia fina y ligera”.
What does garúa mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americafemininedrizzle (very light rain)
- 2
femininegarua (a very fine mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lluvia fina y ligera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of garúa
- garúas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garúa?
- /ɡaˈɾua/
- [ɡaˈɾu.a]
- [gaˈɾua]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garúa in Spanish?
garúa appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).