caer chuzos de punta
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Este modismo se puede traducir literalmente como "to rain, hail, or snow as if spiked sticks were falling point down from above".
caer chuzos de punta
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to rain, hail, or snow very heavily)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. to pour down
¿Estás seguro de que quieres salir? Están cayendo chuzos de punta.Are you sure you want to go out? It's pouring down.
b. to pelt down
Están cayendo chuzos de punta. - ¿Pero está lloviendo o está granizando?It's pelting down. - But is it raining or is it hailing?
c. to rain cats and dogs (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Fuimos a la playa, pero no pudimos salir del auto porque estaban cayendo chuzos de punta.We went to the beach, but couldn't leave the car because it was raining cats and dogs.
d. to bucket down (colloquial) (idiom) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Estaban cayendo chuzos de punta y no había donde cobijarse, así que nos calamos hasta los huesos.It was bucketing down and there was no shelter, so we got soaked to the skin.
e. to chuck it down (colloquial) (idiom) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Tuvimos que correr hasta el coche porque caían chuzos de punta.We had to run to the car because it was chucking it down.
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