La Palabra Del Día: "llover a cántaros"
llover a cántaros ( yoh-vehr' ah' kahn'-tah-rohs )
verb ( to pour, to rain cats and dogs )
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Examples:
1: Cancelaron la caminata porque estaba lloviendo a cántaros.
The hike was canceled because it was pouring.
2: ¿Vas a correr? ¡Está lloviendo a cántaros!
You're going running? It's raining cats and dogs!
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The raining of cats and dogs caused much damage in 17-century England.
La lluvia a cántaros causó mucho daño en Inglaterra en el siglo XVII. - Pablo064
Original Spanish sentance : loviendo a cántaros causó mucho daño en England de 17 siglos.
The pouring rain fell heavily around the couple's umbrellas, while the light drizzle helped the garden speedily grow.
La lluvia lloviendo a cántaros cayó pesadamente alrededor de paraguas de la pareja, mientras que la ligera llovizna ayudó el jardín crecen rápidamente.
Olvidé que dejé a que mi gata afuera, y llego llovió a cántaros. A ella no le hizo gracia.
I forgot that I let my cat out, and then it poured. She was not amused.
Aunque lloviera a cántaros, me decidí no ponerme las botas y salir descalzo al patio para aplastar los gusanos que salían de sus agujeros del jardín. 
Oops. And, now the translation:
"Although it was going to rain, I decided not to put on my bots and left barefoot to the yard to squast the worms that were emerging from their holes in the garden."
Esta mañana llovió sapos y culebras, y debido a que andaba en bicicleta era muy difícil no atropellarlos, pero tuve que darme prisa porque sabía que el pronóstico decía que iba a empezar a llover a cántaros pronto.
This morning it rained toads and snakes, and because I was riding my bicycle it was very difficult to not run over them, but I had to hurry because I knew that the forecast said that it was going to start raining cats and dogs soon.
No me gusta conducir cuando está lloviendo a cántaros porque la visibilidad es pobre.
I hate to drive when it's raining because visibility is poor.
Cuando llueve a cántaros es muy difícil no ser una aguafiestas.
When it's raining cats and dogs it's hard not to be a spoilsport.
Durante mi primer visita a París, estaba lloviendo a cantaros, pero estaba tan encandilada con la ciudad que no me dejaba intimidar y estaba corriendo en la lluvia.
When visiting Paris for the first time it was raining cats and dogs, but I was so excited by the city that I didn’t allow myself to be intimidated and I was running about in the rain.
Estuvo lloviendo a cántaros lluvia todo el día asi que hoy no hay juego.
It was pouring rain all day so no game today.
After months of drought conditions ,yesterday it rained cats and dogs.
Despúes de meses de condiciones seca ,ayer llovió a cántaros.
¿Quién ha dicho que está llover a cántaros?
Es un día hermoso, echar otro vistazo por la ventana.
Who said it is raining cats and dogs?
It's a beautiful day, take another look out the window.
Un día llovió tanto a cántaros que hubo inundaciones en las calles y nuestro techo goteó.
One day it poured so much that there were floods in the streets and our roof leaked.
