chover no molhado
Portuguese, verb
chover no molhado is spelled C-H-O-V-E-R-N-O-M-O-L-H-A-D-O (15 letters). Chover no molhado is a Portuguese verb meaning “to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chover no molhado mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. fazer uma ação sem efeito ou redundante 2. emitir afirmação óbvia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chover no molhado
- chovo no molhado first-person present singular
- chovi no molhado first-person preterite singular
- chovido no molhado participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).