chovido

Chovido is a Portuguese term that functions as the past participle of the verb chover, meaning to rain. It is used as an adjective or in verb phrases to indicate that something has experienced rain or has been affected by rain. The sense is literal “having rained” or figurative “rain-exposed,” and it appears most often in descriptive or regional language rather than in everyday speech.

Usage and context can vary by variety. In general, chovido is not as common as the more general descriptors chuvoso (rainy) or molhado (wet). It tends to appear in literary writing, formal or regional usage, or meteorological descriptions that emphasize the impact of rain on objects or landscapes. In verb phrases, it participates in compound tenses with ter, haver, or estar, for example: tem chovido bastante nos últimos dias, indicating that rain has occurred repeatedly in the recent period.

Examples:

- O solo ficou chovido após a tempestade.

- Tem chovido muito nos últimos dias.

Form and agreement:

Chovido is masculine; the corresponding feminine participle would be chovida, used to describe feminine nouns (for example, terra chovida). In many contexts, however, chovido serves primarily as part of a verbal construction rather than as a standalone adjective.

See also:

Cho­ver, chuva, chuvoso, molhado. Weather descriptions in Portuguese often favor chuvoso or molhado for everyday use, while chovido appears in more specialized or literary contexts.