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"Llueve" is a form of "llover", an impersonal verb which is often translated as "to rain". "Hace mal tiempo" is a phrase which is often translated as "the weather is bad". Learn more about the difference between "hace mal tiempo" and "llueve" below.
hace mal tiempo(
ah
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seh
mahl
tyehm
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poh
)A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (general)
a. the weather is bad
Prefiero no salir cuando hace mal tiempo.I prefer not to go out when the weather is bad.
llover(
yoh
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behr
)An impersonal verb is a verb with no apparent subject (e.g., Llueve en España.).
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. to rain down on (figurative)
Me llovieron todo tipo de problemas.All sorts of problems rained down on me.
