Cel a cabassets, aigua a simalets
Language or variety: 
Catalan
Literal translation: 

Cielo a capacitos, agua a cantaritos

Gloss: 

[...] simal deu ésser forma dialectal de semal.

Comments: 

Recogido en Pratdip y Vandellós. En el DCVB (s. v. cimal): "Ploure a cimals: ploure abundosament" (locución localizada en Tarragona, Benassal e Ibiza); da el equivalente castellano llover a cántaros; en la misma obra (s. v. semal: ploure a semals, "ploure copiosament". Cf. Cel a borreguets, [/] aigua a simalets.

[imagen con agua en un recipiente]

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Geolocation

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Geographic locations:
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  • Pratdip
    Territory:

    Pratdip, El Baix Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
MANENT, Albert Els noms populars dels núvols i boires: Camp de Tarragona. El Priorat Editorial:
Centre d'Estudis Riudomencs "Arnau de Palomar"
Place of edition:
Reus
Publication date:
1994
 Page:
20
Sub voce:
Cabassets
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