garua means A very fine, almost invisible mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru.
Why “garua” is a great word
A very fine, almost invisible mist or drizzle characteristic of the Andean region. Borrowed from Spanish *garúa*, itself from Latin *cālīgō* ('darkness, mist, fog'). Unlike 'drizzle,' which falls in perceptible droplets, or 'fog,' which shrouds vision in a dense veil, *garua* is a spectral humidity. It is the cold kiss on the cheek you cannot see, the film of silver that slowly soaks a woolen poncho, the persistent blurring of a mountain's edge until the stone itself seems to weep—a weather not of falling water, but of atmosphere giving up its ghost to saturation.
Etymology
From Spanish garúa. Doublet of caligo.
noun
- A very fine, almost invisible mist or drizzle that visits the Andean region, especially Ecuador and Peru.e.g.“I like the garua, the invisible drizzle which feels like spiders' feet on one's skin and makes everything wet, turning the city dwellers somewhat batrachian ...” — 1997, Mario Vargas Llosa, Making Waves, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 7:
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